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If you are fascinated to see what the buyers of Wellington’s old air traffic controller tower will do with the building, you might be disappointed.
Wellington Airport General Manager of Corporate Affairs Jenna Raeburn confirmed that the airport was the buyer of the tower, known as “Arnold,” but said the sale had not yet been resolved.
The sale price was not disclosed, but the sale price of the property was $ 895,000 and Things understands that the airport paid about $ 1.2 million.
The number 36 Tirangi Rd went on sale in mid-October, after being dismantled as a control tower in 2018, and was sold on Tuesday.
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Sophia Healey, head of Airways delivery service, Towers, said there were mixed feelings about the sale of the air traffic control tower, which had watched over Wellington’s skies for 60 years.
Things understands that the airport is required to buy houses within the envelope from noise, but must also protect sight lines within a 45-degree angle from the runway.
It is understood that the airport plans to demolish the tower, and warn the title.
The building is believed to be the only control tower with a residential address and mailbox, and was sold by Tommy’s Real Estate.
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Sophia Healey, head of Airways delivery service, Towers, said there were mixed feelings about the sale of the air traffic control tower, which had watched over Wellington’s skies for 60 years.
Co-agent Jess Platt said more than 60 groups passed through the tower and agents received hundreds of phone calls.
It has been a difficult year for the airport. International flights brought only 137 people to the capital in the past six months due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, a report shows.
Unaudited semi-annual results released by the airport on Friday showed the huge toll on the air travel industry in the six months to Sept. 30, with nearly half a million fewer international travelers landing.
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Sophia Healey, head of Airways delivery service, Towers, said there were mixed feelings about the sale of the air traffic control tower, which had watched over Wellington’s skies for 60 years.
During the same period last year, 454,426 passengers arrived at the airport on international flights.
Domestic travel appeared healthier, with 961,116 passengers arriving in the capital in the past six months, yet 2,717,900 had passed through the terminals at the same time last year.
A statement included in the statement said that the economic impact of the coronavirus on the air travel and tourism industries has caused the airport to change the size of its business. In April, the airport proposed reducing its workforce by 30 percent.
During the April shutdown, passenger numbers dropped to 1 percent from pre-Covid levels.
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Some 961,116 passengers arrived by air in the capital in the six months prior to September 30, compared to almost three times more, 2,717,900, in the period last year. (File photo)
Thanks to the subsequent reduction in alert levels and the opening of more internal destinations, the demand for domestic travel increased faster than expected.
Since the closure there have been no scheduled international flights to and from Wellington, but some international charter flights have been operated.
Wellington Airport CEO Steve Sanderson said the facility would be ready to begin processing international travelers as soon as overseas flights could resume.
