Good news for travel and aviation industries. The week that ended with Jan 8, 2012 recoded a booming number of travelers to and from New Zealand. The main gateway to the state Auckland International Airport recorded this increased passenger count.

Though the economists are forecasting a financial crisis situation, passengers are willing to travel in huge numbers. Amid the challenging International situation, this is a ray of hope for every one related tourism and aviation. This week was recorded with 1,70,000 passengers arriving or departing from Auckland International Airport.

The General Manager aeronautical operation of the airport said that the crowed that was experienced throughout that week was even more than the general numbers of passenger came during the Ruby World Cup 2011. Even, the peak hours witnessed an enlarged number of passengers that week, he added.

New direct airline connectivity has been established with Asia. But, it brought a down in turnover of 5% in the numbers of passengers. Last December the downfall was recorded from 182000 in 2010 to 173000 in 2011. As a result, revenue went down in International business, whereas in national level the percentage of downfall was 0.6% amounting in 1.3million.

The Auckland International and National Aviation industry has promised to attain revenue of $110 million by the year of 2015. They are trying hard to achieve this goal by long-haul carriers by kms. Great news for investors is that shares of Auckland International Airport are issued at $2.53. Favorable times for investments as the experts are saying so.