Corporate Members
NZ Airports Corporate Members
ADB Safegate New Zealand Ltd is proud to offer airports across New Zealand the support of a full, locally based team that is supported by a global network of experts. We specialise in managing and maintaining the compliance of airside infrastructure, ensuring that runways, taxiways, and aprons meet the highest safety and regulatory standards. Our comprehensive solutions include airfield ground lighting, LED runway and taxiway lights, advanced lighting control systems, and visual docking guidance, all designed to optimise safety and efficiency. We also provide apron management and surveillance technologies, supporting real-time coordination and smoother ground operations.
From design and installation to commissioning, ongoing maintenance, and compliance audits, our team delivers end-to-end service tailored to your airport’s specific needs. We stay up to date with New Zealand and International aviation regulations, helping you navigate complex requirements and keep your airside systems fully compliant.
With ADB Safegate New Zealand Ltd, airports benefit from local expertise, responsive support, and a commitment to operational excellence. Trust us to safeguard your airside infrastructure, today and into the future.
Jimmy Maitland
jimmy.maitland@adbsafegate.com
+64 274 266 211
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With over a decade of experience securing Auckland Airport, ADT is the strategic partner of choice for New Zealand’s aviation sector. We drive industry-leading innovation by leveraging our experience with the global scale of the ADT brand and the deep operational insights of our Australian sister business, who manage some of the region’s largest airports.
Beyond technology, we provide proactive maintenance and sophisticated asset management to shift airports from reactive fixes to a strategic lifecycle approach. By providing granular visibility into infrastructure, we empower operators to optimise their security spend and prioritise capital expenditure with confidence. Our mission is to deliver a future-proofed security ecosystem that balances rigorous safety with long-term financial resilience.
Jason Thomson
jason.thomson@adtsecurity.co.nz
+64 27 244 8460
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
Will Brown Douglas – Aviation Client Director
will.browndouglas@aecom.com
+61 21 574427
Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting specialises in Air Service Development & Aviation Strategy. We provide advice to Boards, CEOs, Business Development Managers, and other senior managers to help them define aviation strategy, identify new markets and business opportunities, and develop their organisation.
The Ailevon Pacific team specialises in growing city-pair connectivity, providing and interpreting meaningful traffic data (passengers & freight), and developing business cases for airports and airlines that result in new air services or support investment. With clients in New Zealand and across the globe we’re engaged by airports, investors, governments, tourism and economic development agencies to assist with delivering strong aviation outcomes for collective success.
Director
+61 434 020 302 (Perth based: GMT+8)
stephanie.juszkiewicz@ailevonpacific.com
Alstef Group brings over five decades of expertise in designing, implementing, controlling, and maintaining baggage handling systems worldwide. With a commitment to innovation and reliability, and a focus on seamless integration and minimised downtime, Alstef has been a trusted partner for New Zealand airports since 1972. Our comprehensive support packages ensure seamless operations, efficiency, and passenger satisfaction.
09 818 3354
Established in 1996, Aerodrome Management Services (AMS) is Australia’s leading aerodrome solutions company. AMS delivers safe, reliable and forward‑thinking aerodrome solutions that facilitate industry, enable communities and empower customers—everywhere we operate.
Employing more than 160 aviation professionals, AMS provides aerodrome management, aviation security and screening services at over 13 aerodromes nationwide. AMS also deliver specialist services including design and engineering, inspections, compliance, training and solar aviation lighting, supporting safe, reliable and sustainable aerodrome operations across over 150 aerodromes in Australia and the Pacific.
AMS understands the unique challenges of aerodrome operations, particularly in regional and remote environments, and delivers practical, cost‑efficient solutions tailored to local conditions. AMS’s unique people‑focused, partnership‑driven approach underpins long‑term success and aerodrome resilience.
Jane Peter
Chief Executive Officer
Aerodrome Management Services
T: 08 9221 6777 0400 151 653
Jane.Peter@amsaustralia.com
blackmaps is an innovative aviation focused geospatial consultancy dedicated to transforming how our aviation customers collect and manage geospatial data.
We provide accurate, reliable, and accessible data empowering airport operators and their stakeholders to make informed decisions.
Our goal is to support our aviation clients by ensuring compliance, reducing risk, and future-proofing their operations and facilities through smart, data-driven solutions.
BNP Associates Inc is a global leader in airport and logistics consulting, specializing in baggage handling systems, cargo solutions, apron systems, and simulation. With over five decades of experience, we design and enhance systems to meet today’s project goals with the future in mind. Our team integrates advanced simulation and design tools to support seamless airport transformations, from concept to commissioning. Whether it’s minor upgrades or designing the world’s largest automated baggage handling systems, our scalable, data-driven solutions streamline operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.
jsmith@bnpassociates.com
+64 27 557 0781
Cirium® is the world’s most trusted source of aviation analytics. The company delivers powerful data and cutting-edge analytics to empower a wide spectrum of industry players. Equipping airlines, airports, travel enterprises, aircraft manufacturers, and financial entities with the clarity and intelligence they need to optimize their operations, make informed decisions, and accelerate revenue growth. Cirium® is part of LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a RELX business, which provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
+61 4 6867 6196
www.cirium.com
Downer is the trans-Tasman’s proven and trusted airport infrastructure provider. We provide fully integrated, end-to-end airport services via our pavement design and delivery, ITS and lighting, innovative and sustainable products, asset management and maintenance solutions, and, through our Hawkins team, airport redevelopment, expansion, and new build. We achieve outstanding and award-winning results by drawing on our vast resources, in-house expertise, sustainable product solutions, and extensive project delivery experience. Downer tackles it all – no matter the airport’s size or capacity.
George Leidig – Head of Airports
George.Leidig@downer.co.nz
+64272297293
www.downergroup.co.nz
Egis is an international player active in architecture, consulting, construction engineering and mobility services. We create and operate intelligent infrastructures and buildings that respond to the climate emergency and contribute to more balanced, sustainable and resilient territorial development. Operating in 100 countries, Egis puts the expertise of its 19,500 employees at the service of its clients and develops cutting-edge innovations accessible to all projects.
With a strong local presence in New Zealand, Egis offers full lifecycle aviation consulting, engineering and operational services, giving clients access to our global network of aviation experts as well as our local team of operational specialists. In addition to its expertise in airspace and airport operations and management, Egis is a global airport owner. Egis has successfully delivered over 4,000 aviation projects in more than 100 countries and manages 20 airports, including major international airports.
Ford Sumner Lawyers are specialists in aviation legal issues. We are passionate about partnering with airports and other parties operating in the aviation industry and providing excellent legal services. Our aviation team, led by Jaesen Sumner and Sarah Churstain, specialise in the legal matters impacting airports, including commercial contracts, corporate structures and governance, property, construction, employment, dispute resolution, legislative compliance, and renewable energy projects.
Jaesen Sumner
jaesen@fsl.nz
+64 21 523 736
Sarah Churstain
sarah@fsl.nz
+64 21 242 5625
From the smallest and remotest to the largest international airports and Airforce facilities, Fulton Hogan plays a key role in airport pavement construction, surfacing and maintenance. As most airports don’t have the luxury of closing during construction, we work with operators, owners and carriers to ensure maximum safety and security within live environments with advanced risk-management strategies. Our advanced testing regimes also ensure airports meet rigorous safety and regulatory specifications.
JNP Aviation Training Ltd is a PTE (Private Training Establishment) that provides training and education services for the aviation industry. They specialise in offering courses and programs designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of people working in the aviation sector; specifically aviation ground operations services.
JNP Aviation Training are based in Tauranga and are a Category One tertiary provider of NZQA approved credentials and qualifications that are offer online theoretical and workplace practical components, ensuring that participants receive comprehensive education that meets industry standards.
The PTE provides courses to secondary school learners to inspire youth into the aviation industry, to employees within the industry including Air New Zealand employees and has a Kaupapa that provides support and opportunities for Pasifika and Māori in New Zealand by creating pathways into the aviation industry.
alice@jnpat.ac.nz (GM Training)
dave@jnpat.ac.nz (Instructor)
Lime Intelligence is a specialist in airport full service business intelligence.
Working in partnership with airports across New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific and Middle East to bring their data to life over the past decade, Lime has evolved from an online reporting tool to a fully integrated platform. Lime now centralises multiple data sources across airports, using our 150+ years of combined aviation experience, to deliver customised data and insights solutions to airports.
Lime can now help airports answer key questions and deliver insights to make better decisions by having key data at their fingertips including:
- Airport flight performance data – how are my airlines performing and airport operations?
- Commercial performance – how much money am I making?
- Passenger research – who are my passengers and why are they travelling? Where are they going next?
- Forward schedules – what is coming in the next 12 months?
- Airfare data – how are airfares trending to/from my airport?
- Live flight data – what happened yesterday and cancellations tracking?
- Overall airport management – combine all airport data sources in one central source of truth (from sustainability, to compliance to operations to finance).
We are passionate about supercharging airports with data and continuing to invest in our industry.
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Locus is a leading data integration and automation service provider. For more than 20 years we have been helping New Zealand organisations maximise the value of their data. Breaking down silos and automating the flow of well connected, secure data to those that need it, when they need it. We are a Platinum FME Reseller and specialists in FME deployment, training and support. FME is the data integration platform with unrivalled support for spatial (location) data.
Suite 603, 27 Gillies Ave Newmarket, Auckland 1023
+64 9 562 8769
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Mike Haines Aviation is a specialist aviation consultancy focusing on aeronautical studies, aerodromes, airspace, air traffic management and regulatory compliance. We bring a client focussed approach without templated solutions as we meet your particular individual needs. Our consultants and associates are experienced aviation professionals with extensive operational, technical, and regulatory backgrounds in New Zealand, the Asia/Pacific region and worldwide. Our range of aviation specialists cover aerodromes, heliports, air traffic control, instrument procedure design, security, communications/navigation/surveillance (CNS), aeronautical system design and aircraft operations.
mikehainesaviation@gmail.com
027 240 8657
www.mikehainesaviation.com
OneReg is a next-generation software platform purpose-built for aviation, to simplify compliance and streamline operations.
With OneReg, you can transform compliance from a regulatory burden into an embedded part of your airport’s everyday operations – reducing the time, complexity, and human resource cost of staying safe and compliant. OneReg enables aviation operators and regulators to work from a shared source of truth. Compliance becomes a live, dynamic ecosystem where insights flow in real time and decisions are informed by high-quality data.
The result is safer, smarter, more sustainable aviation.
Carly Waddleton – Chief Operations Officer
Russell McVeagh are a leading New Zealand law firm with offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown, and extensive experience advising airports and aviation sector organisations.
With years of experience across the aviation industry, we act for airport operators, the New Zealand Airports Association, and other key aviation stakeholders on regulatory, pricing, planning and infrastructure matters. Our work includes advising on Commerce Act regulatory control, airport landing charges and price setting, Civil Aviation Act compliance and law reform, planning approvals, stakeholder engagement, and international aviation licensing matters.
Supported by expertise across competition, corporate, environment and planning, construction, employment and major projects, we provide practical, industry focused advice and partner with airports across Aotearoa New Zealand as trusted long-term advisers.
Craig Shrive
Partner
09 367 8855
craig.shrive@russellmcveagh.com
www.russellmcveagh.com
Smarte Carte: Enhancing Travel and Leisure Experiences Worldwide
For over 50 years, Smarte Carte has been a global leader in self-service solutions, specialising in luggage trolley management, attended luggage storage, electronic lockers, and massage chair operations. Operating in over 2,600 facilities across airports, rail and bus stations, theme parks, and retail centres, Smarte Carte serves millions of customers worldwide. With a strong presence in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK, Smarte Carte continues to innovate in the aviation industry, delivering tailored solutions for airports of all sizes.
The company is driven by a commitment to exceptional customer service, intelligent product design, and long-term partnerships. Smarte Carte’s success is built on a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and customer focus. Its dedicated employees work to enhance guest experiences, support client visions, and deliver secure, trusted services. As a customer-focused retailer, Smarte Carte prides itself on reliability and service excellence. The company is also committed to environmental sustainability, continuously evolving its systems to reduce impact and support a greener future.
Louise Hayes
General Manager New Zealand & Queensland
Symbiant Systems has partnered with a range of New Zealand airports since 2009, with the tailored technology products, Symbiant FIDS and the DART System. Symbiant’s Flight Information Display System (FIDS) is in place across the country, providing comprehensive passenger flight information screens from the smallest airports all the way up to big screens in the busiest regionals.
DART records and logs radio transmissions for everything from air incident investigations through to full cost recovery billing and reporting. We deliver solutions that work from the start and keep on working, so they’re not a distraction for your busy team members, and provide local support when it’s needed.
Taiga Advisory is a provider of strategic consulting services primarily focused on the airport and infrastructure sector.
Airports are in Taiga Advisory’s DNA. We support you in all aspects of financial management, strategy, and commercial planning.
We have a proven track record in airport capital strategy, financial modelling, aeronautical pricing, commercial negotiations and business case development – just to name a few areas. Our deep understanding of airport economics means we know how to drive value.
Andrew Gill – Managing Director
+61 419 909 752
Tango 5 Aviation is a small aviation consultancy focused on matters related to airport development.
Our experience informs our belief that most airports have similar development needs, which are transformed into specific challenges due to each airport’s unique; history, ownership, geography, people, and culture. We can support the resolution of the challenges faced by the NZAA membership with our pragmatic right sized advice based on our staff’s experience gained on regional, small, medium, large, and mega airports around the world including, of course, New Zealand – Aotearoa.
Our broad based airport development advisory can be deployed to the following areas;
- Airport Planning (Master Planning, Terminal, Landside, Baggage, Traffic Forecasting),
- Advisory (Strategic, Transactions, Capital Investment, Expert Witness),
- Design & Delivery (Early Stage Design, Detailed Design, Procurement, Project/Programme Management), and
- Operations (General, Maintenance, ORAT, Safety Studies, ATC).
We have experience of the development challenges experienced by around 100 airports globally including a number in New Zealand, and look forward to working with more of the 46 airport members of the NZAA in the future.
WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity.
With roots in New Zealand’s earliest infrastructure projects more than 150 years ago, WSP today has offices and labs in 24 towns and cities across Aotearoa New Zealand – from Whangārei to Invercargill – and employs over 2000 professionals.
Together they pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects across the transport, building, environment, water, energy and advisory sectors. WSP work with airports to plan, design, build and maintain their landside and airside infrastructure.
Neil Armstrong | Client Director
+64 27 227 7696
WTW Global Aviation & Space (formerly Aerosure) was originally established in 1999 and is recognised as the market leader in the aviation industry sector in New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific.
Our vision was to create a highly specialised aviation industry focused insurance broker in order to ‘control aviation risk better’ and continue to provide global best practice solutions to our clients into the future built on a combination of experience and dynamism.
Our specialist aviation industry sector model provides the platform to allow us to deliver the best of both worlds ensuring our clients continue to have the freedom to do what they do best, focus on delivering core services.
We are unique in that we maintain an exclusive aviation and aerospace focus without any distraction from other industry sectors.
In addition, we take a holistic view on the Aviation/Aerospace sector which means that we act as the exclusive insurance broker/advocate for our clients whereby we provide strategic oversight over their complete aviation/non-aviation insurance and risk management needs.
Eoghan McCarthy
Head of Aerospace – Pacific Region
eoghan.mccarthy@wtwco.com
xplane is an international engineering design group specialising in the design and optimisation of intralogistics and baggage systems within the aviation market. We provide independent design and advisory services to airports and airlines on passenger technology and automated conveying systems for baggage.