Mountain Scene
July 1, 2021
By GUY WILLIAMS
after Colin Keel cleaned out his desk yesterday.
Keel, who was in the job for just over five years, announced his resignation on April 7.
Airport comms boss Sara Irvine says QAC deputy chairman Simon Flood’s stepped into
the breach, as managing director, in the meantime.
‘‘The recruitment process for the new CEO is under way, and an announcement will be
made in due course,’’ Irvine says.
Keel’s stint in charge coincided with the most tumultuous time in the company’s history, with unprecedented year-on-year passenger growth pre-Covid, the closure of the borders, and strong community push-back to proposed air noise boundary extensions in the resort and planned commercial jet services in Wanaka.