Coronavirus: First flight, post Covid-19 lockdown, lands at Hamilton Airport

Hamilton Airport Chief Executive Mark Morgan stood at the arrival gate to welcome passengers from the Wellington flight. It was good to see domestic flights gradually return over the next six or seven weeks, he said. Return flights to Wellington started this week and flights to Christchurch start on May 18, with flights to Palmerston North a possibility later on. 'Air New Zealand has said they may reschedule flights quickly, to respond to demand, but we should start to see three or four flights a day.' Morgan said the airport had retained all staff and seeing flights resume would boost morale.