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Kapiti Coast Airport opens
The Kapiti Coast will get a boost next Tuesday morning when the first scheduled flight to Auckland takes off from the newly upgraded Paraparaumu runway.
The new AKL route offers 18 return services a week by 50- seat Bombardier Q300 aircraft operated by Air Nelson, an Air New Zealand subsidiary. There will be three return services per day (Mon- Fri) and another three return weekend services. The Dominion Post describes the new million-dollar Kapiti Coast Airport terminal as ‘quirky’, featuring as it does, a coastal beach theme.
Man-made sand dunes around the terminal are planted with native flaxes, while inside there are straw umbrellas, outdoor barbecue-type furniture and carpeting woven to look like a boardwalk. Toilets resemble old beachside loos, and historic photographs on one wall recall the days last century when the National Airways Corporation flew to Paraparaumu, including one of Queen Elizabeth II stepping onto the tarmac. Airport owner Sir Noel Robinson told the paper he wanted to create the beachy, relaxed atmosphere of the Kapiti Coast.
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