The latest announcement of further extensions to our major international airport must be seen in light of what they are – Evidence of bad planning.

Regular users of this essential facility will attest to the fact that there have been ongoing additions and renovations over a lengthy period of many years.

The associated inconvenience on passengers and service staff bears witness to the vagaries of decision making at the top end of the organisation and lends further weight to the commissioning of a second airport to serve the Auckland region.

In the absence of a fast track on-ground transport solution to take and bring passengers and freight to and from Mangere, the expected increase in volume will further add to our traffic woes and fail to effectively deal with processing hold-ups.

Various visiting overseas commentators have remarked on our inability to think big, plan sufficiently ahead and place the interest of our providers of goods and services ahead in our purchasing decisions.

Auckland Airport extensions lend substance to these argument and will continue to test the patience of the visiting and domestic traveling public.