The Labour Party announced its aviation policy last week that included a focus on consumer rights and airport cost control. In providing comment, the AIANZ welcomed more scrutiny on airport costs, but said the policy needed to go further given escalating airport charges. AIANZ said passenger rights were being addressed through a Voluntary Charter already under way, while saying accountability of airline profits was non-sensical given NZ-based airlines were not currently making any money. You can read the article in the NZ Herald below. As other political parties release aviation and/or airline policies, we will include these in our newsletter.