In 2018, Queenstown Airport predicted it would need to double the number of flights to one every four minutes to accommodate an expected 5 million passengers by 2045.

But after receiving backlash on that plan, they now have a new plan for a predicted 33 percent increase in the number of passengers over the next decade.

But the number of flights in and out of Queenstown are staying much the same as they were before the pandemic.

Queenstown Airport CEO Glen Sowry joined Mike Hosking.

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