Sustainability of Christ Church International Airport in New Zealand

Visitor Transport Services at Christ Church Airport New Zealand

Executive Summary
The present study offers a comprehensive secondary research of the sustainability of the Christ
Church International Airport that is located at Harewood, Christ Church, New Zealand. In the
literature review, the sustainability is detailed revolving around the concepts of New Zealand’s
sustainability in the Tourism Industry. In addition, there are issues with the local government and
the tourism planning and making policies. Thus, the role of the New Zealand government within
the tourism industry is discussed. Along with these, various dimensions on tourism planning and
tourism promoting factors support the issues of the tourism industry regarding sustainability.
Certain sustainable practices were prevalent at the Airport that benefits its stakeholders. One
must understand the functions and operations of these practices through the four main key
elements of the New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment. Once the clear demarcation
is drawn between the literature review and the current events at the airport, one may realize and
identify the missing gaps for further improvements. Therefore, integrating sustainability moves
towards the implementation of the real practices occurring at the airport for the benefit of the
visitors traveling in New Zealand. There are common trends, agreements, disagreements and
inconsistencies in the different forms of the commitments towards the tourism sustainability for
which there are some recommendations or suggestions presented at the end of the study.
Keywords: New Zealand Tourism, Sustainability, Christ Church International Airport
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Contents
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................1
Contents.......................................................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................................4
1.1. Organization, Location and Sector....................................................................................................4
1.2. Brief History.....................................................................................................................................4
1.3. Vision and Strategy..........................................................................................................................6
1.4. Services Offered...............................................................................................................................6
2. Literature Review....................................................................................................................................9
2.1. Introduction to the concept of sustainability.....................................................................................9
2.2. New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment..........................................................................9
2.2.1. Economic Commitment...........................................................................................................10
2.2.2. Visitor Commitment................................................................................................................10
2.2.3. Host Community Commitment................................................................................................11
2.2.4. Environmental Commitment....................................................................................................11
2.3. Critical Evaluation of Sustainability Approaches...........................................................................11
2.4. Integration between the Sustainability and Business Developments...............................................12
3.0 Sustainable Practices of the Organization............................................................................................13
3.1 Economic Commitment...................................................................................................................13
3.1.1. Productivity.............................................................................................................................14
3.1.2. Sustainable Business................................................................................................................14
3.2 Visitor Commitment........................................................................................................................15
3.2.1. Visitor Engagement.................................................................................................................15
3.2.2. Product and Market Development...........................................................................................16
3.3 Host community commitment..........................................................................................................16
3.3.1. Quality Employment................................................................................................................17
3.3.2. Sustainable Supply Chains.......................................................................................................18
3.4. Environmental commitment...........................................................................................................19
3.4.1. Carbon Reduction....................................................................................................................19
3.4.2. Education.................................................................................................................................20
4.0 Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................20
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5.0 Recommendations..........................................................................................................................22
6.0 References.....................................................................................................................................23
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1. Introduction
1.1. Organization, Location and Sector
Christ Church International Airport is the main airport located in the South Island of New
Zealand that is based in Harewood, Christ Church.
Figure 1: Christ Church International Airport Logo (Christchurch International Airport Limited,
2019)
Its operations began at the 18th of May 1940. It is the first International Airport of New Zealand
and started to service international flights on the 16th of December 1950. It is known to be
second busiest airport in New Zealand which handles both Boeing 747 and Airbus A380
aircrafts. Moreover, the airport caters to both the public services and military activities of New
Zealand (Diem-Trinh & Gerike, 2014).
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1.2. Brief History
The main strategy in making the history started off with the research on the airport. The aim was
to become the champions in the industry of the aviation involving local, non-local, business,
community and government. The history of the airport captures the views of the key stakeholders
to recognize their work and use it at national and global levels. It is not simply a tag line;
however, it helped in the proper development of the culture, socio-economic activities, and
educational interests of the country. It goes beyond the earthquakes and the manner in which it
was rebuilt for the city and gave them a chance to revive and sustain themselves. It encapsulates
the life in the cities, life in the country side and bringing in all factors of education, social, arts
and cultural activities together. It talks about the freedom for new things, collaboration and
creating innovative things with others and solve problems with good solutions. The main themes
for the research are planning well, giving freedom to grow, get connected with others and finding
balance. There is an opportunity to grow, connect and balancing for each and everything in life.
Apart from this, there is a meaningful work, quality education, good healthcare and building
strong communities (Connell, Page, & Bentley, 2009).
The CIAL's Chief Executive is Malcolm Johns. He wanted the airport to be the best one in the
world and in New Zealand. It is the one of the landmarks of the Christ Church, the South Island
and New Zealand. There are three main focus areas for them namely developing a strong
business, enhancing customer experiences and being good “Kaitiaki” (the local name of the New
Zealand). These were the main guardians of safety, security and sustainability. Each staff
member is responsible for the contribution towards the airport.
The main purpose was to introduce changes in the residents and visitors with better things from
the side of the Airport. It has multiple effects on the economies of the country. Apart from this,
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