OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NEW ZEALAND AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION March 2018 PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND AND LOCAL AIRPORTS, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, EUROPEAN POSITION ON DRONES, CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT 2040, AND CONTINUED NZ AIRPORTS CONFERENCE COVERAGE 7 Also in this edition ... Provincial Growth Fund and Local Airports ................p2-3 Enhanced Sustainability Commitment from Auckland Airport ..................p3-4 Sustainability and Going Green ........................p4-6 360-degree Resilience – the Christchurch Airport Approach ..................p7-8 Drones and Disruption .......p9-11 European Position on Drones ........................p11-12 Christchurch Airport 2040 .....................p13-14 New Ops Centre Delivers for NZ Post ...........................p15 Changing Expectations 2 of Seismic Resilience ......p16-17 How to Design the Airport of the Future.........p17-18 Beyond Bricks and Mortar .......................p19-20 Growing Travel Markets, Capacity and Connectivity ..............p20-22 How to Build Real Relationships with Your Customers Through Technology ........p22-23 Dealing with Cyber 21 9 Security Risk....................p23-24 Level 6, Perpetual Guardian Building, 99 Customhouse Quay, Wellington | PO Box 11369, Wellington 6142 | +64 4 384 3217 | nzairports.co.nz Provincial Growth Fund and Local Airports The New Zealand Airports Association (NZ Airports) has applied to the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for funding support for small regional airports. NZ Airports chief executive Kevin Ward says the association is confident that its Gisborne Airport proposal to assure the future of 12 local airports is a great example of the sort of investment the $1 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) was set up for. The PGF aims to lift productivity potential in the provinces. Its priorities are to enhance economic development opportunities, create sustainable jobs, enable Māori to reach their full potential, boost social inclusion and participation, build resilient communities, and help meet “We can put a big tick in all those “The airport owners (mostly district New Zealand’s climate change targets. boxes,” says Mr Ward. councils) are fully committed to their “In fact, air links from the regions airports, but it is unfair on the local to the main cities will be essential community to shoulder the cost burden NZ Airports has to get most of the fund’s projects when road and rail projects receive running smoothly.” generous funding. identified the Mr Ward says that New Zealand “Air travel to the regions is part Airports’ FlyLocal NZ campaign has of the national transport system, airports at Kaitaia, been gathering support since it was like state highways. Small launched at the Beehive in July last airports should have sustainable year. The association’s position Kerikeri, Whangarei, Government funding support, as paper Linking the long white cloud state highways do. Whakatane, Gisborne, (which can be viewed on <www. flylocal.nz>) highlights the unfair “Air links are essential to regional Taupo, Whanganui, funding system imposed on smaller economic growth, attracting tourists, airports. NZ First adopted the policy getting patients to hospital, jobs, social Chatham Islands, during last year’s Election. cohesion, and disaster response” “Regional airports with a limited number emphasises Mr Ward. Masterton, Westport, of scheduled passenger flights Hokitika and Timaru find it hard to fund infrastructure as those that rely on projects. We know that there is a ratepayer financial continuing stream of upgrades and support to maintain redevelopments required at small safe and reliable airports across the country – for infrastructure and example to keep essential services. runways and landing lights at a Hood Aerodrome proper standard. 2 NZ Airports Magazine | March 2018 NZ Airports believes that securing the future of airport funding will add huge leverage to economic and social All provinces are eligible for funding, however, Tairāwhiti/ development in the regions, and East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Tai Tokerau/Northland, ensure jobs and people are attracted and retained. Bay of Plenty, West Coast and Manawatū-Whanganui “It will be one of the keys that unlocks future productivity. New Zealand is one have been identified for early investment. Nine of the of the few developed countries that 12 small airports are located in these regions. does not have a programme of this sort,” adds Mr Ward. Enhanced Sustainability Commitment from Auckland Airport Iain MacIntyre Auckland Airport has committed to the global Science Based Targets initiative as it strives to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions1 by 45% per square metre by 2025 from a 2012 base. The airport is understood to have offers resources, workshops Having also partnered with become the first company in Oceania and guidance to reduce barriers Enviro-Mark Solutions over the past to commit to the initiative, which is to adoption decade and adopted the global ISO a collaboration between the Carbon 14064 standard, the airport annually independently assesses and Disclosure Project, World Resources approves companies’ targets submits to external carbon footprint Institute, World Wide Fund for Nature audits which have consequently and United Nations Global Compact “Many companies are already achieved Carbon Emissions (and is also a We Mean Business demonstrating they have the Management and Reduction Scheme Coalition commitment). skills, expertise and ingenuity to (CEMARS) certification over the past simultaneously reduce their footprint five years. With a slogan of “driving ambitious and increase their growth – but want to corporate climate action”, Science ensure the transformational action they States Enviro-Mark: “Auckland Airport Based Targets: take is aligned with current climate is the key gateway into New Zealand showcases companies that set science,” states the initiative. and, as such, offers the first and last impressions for millions of international science-based targets through “Businesses can ensure they are visitors each year. Auckland Airport has case studies, events and media playing their part in the global effort to to highlight the increased limit global warming to well below two had a sustainability policy in place since innovation, reduced regulatory degrees Celsius by setting a science- 2008 and in the same year signed an uncertainty, strengthened based target.” Airport Council International declaration investor confidence and on climate change, confirming its desire Auckland Airport acknowledges that improved profitability and to work towards carbon neutrality.” the aviation industry contributes to competitiveness generated by climate change. It states it is working In a case study on Enviro-Mark’s science-based target setting with its aviation partners to reduce the Website, Auckland Airport states that defines and promotes best carbon its collective operations omit the business’ ongoing sustainability practice in science-based target and its commitment to the Science commitment has seen its carbon setting with the support of a Based Targets initiative is an important footprint comparably reduce by 26% technical advisory group part of this work. for the year to June 30, 2017. 1 According to iCompli Sustainability, Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions (also referred to as “direct greenhouse gas”) are defined as “emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the organisation” and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions (also referred to as “energy indirect greenhouse gas”) are defined as “emissions from the consumption of purchased electricity, steam or other sources of energy generated upstream from the organisation” Level 6, Perpetual Guardian Building, 99 Customhouse Quay, Wellington | PO Box 11369, Wellington 6142 | +64 4 384 3217 | nzairports.co.nz 3 “The airport’s energy management airport’s activities and the increased cooling is required and gas savings team has upgraded plant and number of travellers passing through when heating is required. equipment in the international the facility”. “The project achieved verified electrical terminal,” it states. “A recently-completed energy efficiency energy savings of 84% and gas “In 2012 all the lights – some 750 – were project concentrated on heating and savings of 56%. That’s a combined replaced in the check-in area of the cooling in one of the piers in the monthly energy saving of 62% – international terminal. Replacements international terminal. The project saw the 175,000KWh or $15,000.” were highly efficient and dimmable replacement of old and inefficient drives The Paris Agreement has targeted and included a significant number of with the latest variable-speed technology, keeping the global temperature rise to light-emitting diodes. This initiative has linked to carbon dioxide sensors. below two degrees Celsius and as close reduced the energy being consumed on “This means fans moving air around to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible. It a square-metre basis by 50%. the check-in area have changed from is understood a recent United Nations “In addition, the lights are connected to being either fully on or fully off, to climate report has projected greenhouse smart controls that mean they respond ramping up and down according to gas emissions will likely raise the global to light levels and occupancy, and demand. This provides an opportunity temperature by 3.7-4.8 degrees Celsius can be individually set to achieve the for electrical energy savings when by the end of the Century.