A new charge on airline passengers entering the terminal at Tauranga Airport looks set to be introduced next year.
Tauranga City Council this week agreed to a new passenger aircraft fees regime comprising a mix of aircraft weight-based charges plus a new terminal charge for incoming passengers - starting at $1.52 per person.
The fees would be tested by a public consultation process this month before the newly-elected council made a final decision.
A report to Tuesday's meeting detailed a "base terminal charge" of $1.52 per incoming passenger would be payable from January 1 next year. An additional "terminal development charge" of $1.95 per passenger would be levied once the planned $4.5 million extension of the terminal was completed in 2018.
Passenger operators like Air New Zealand would be levied a "base airfield" landing charge" of $6.90 per tonne of maximum certified take-off weight for aircraft that exceeded three tonnes.
