Just out of interest, would an A320 go into Rotorua ok?
From memory......
The runway was lengthened from about 1.6 km - 1.75 Km recently to purposely handle A320 or 737NG flights( domestic). The runway is being further expanded later this year to handle Trans-tasman flights when it's finished it'll be longer than Wellington at about 2.1 km.
Don't really like their chances of getting Trans-tasman flights anytime soon though....Other regional international ( Hamilton, Dunedin) airports have had alot of their schedules scaled back due to a lack of demand.
Although Queenstown has been growing becuase of the Aussie skiers. I don't think that Rotorua holds quite the same attraction.....