During the last Norfolk Island election campaign many candidates spoke of the desirability of Norfolk bound aircraft departing from the domestic terminal. Most candidates felt that such a change would be beneficial to tourism and therefore to our economy.
This issue has been around for some time. When discussed at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and members and travel industry professionals agreed that it would be a positive development. Alternative airlines have also indicated that this would be a pre-condition for flying to Norfolk. Both the Australian and New Zealand governments are moving towards an open skies policy to improve the ease of travel between these two countries for sound economic reasons.
While we hear words of support for the idea of domestic terminal departure from individual members of the NI Government and the Assembly, there does not appear to be a clear Norfolk Island Government policy position on this. It has been said that the Commonwealth is the obstacle to this. Given the importance of getting the Tourism industry on Norfolk rolling again, and given that we now are engaging with the Commonwealth on a range of fronts, lets get this change happening ASAP
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