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Hamilton airport expects to wrap up end the this year with its busiest ever month, after a new daily Jetstar jet service between Hamilton and Christchurch started on 1 December 2025.

Air New Zealand returned a jet service along the same route in September, and the airport began welcoming international flights in July, making it a year of aggressive growth.

Added together it expected about 60 percent more travellers through the airport in December 2025 when compared to 2024.

Hamilton Airport chief executive Mark Morgan said the j

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