Airways New Zealand to charge pilots for nation radio services

National air traffic control company Airways New Zealand is introducing a service fee for all general aviation that radios in when flying through controlled air space. The new call fee will start at $1 from July 1 and will grow to $2 after a year and up to $3.55 in 2015. Pilots will be forced to pay the fee each time they land or pass through controlled air space. The move is part of the state-owned enterprise’s wider plan to raise costs for its air navigation services by more than 15 per cent, or $70 million, during the next three