NZFF

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:01 pm**

Just been over to Queenstown and noticed that the Flight Experience office there has closed down. There is a notice in the window offering refunds for vouchers that people had bought. I wonder if it was doing very badly, or if the rents were just too high there, but it appears to be gone now.

Smooth landings.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:12 pm**

Surprised - Hells , lets hope just relocating .

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:59 pm**

I'll see if I'm allowed to answer and get back to you

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:05 pm**

Oh for real???

That sucks dude! i was just in there doing a flight a few months ago to, Well i used to live in Q-town and it would most prob be the rent and the lack of interest, where they were located wasnt the best place to be but i guess it worked for a while, and being a local most of them scrape by on the bones of their ass's (lack of $$$) and it really is aimed at the tourists,
Sad to see them go...

and all the best to my Instructer (Rob) who copilot'd me throught to Auckland.

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:52 pm**

I'm going with the poor location theory. Why get a business going where there is no carparking, outside of the main foot traffic area, no visibility unless you're standing right across the road from them and at about the worst intersection in Q'town. And yeah rent is a shocker - I bailed out of QT last year for Cromwell and reduced my overheads by 60% while increasing floorspace but 100%.

During peak times it was pretty quiet in there.

Unless the FE guys let Alister answer we'll never really know and I'd understand them not saying but of course speculation is much more fun!

Jamie

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:08 pm**

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I'm going with the poor location theory. Why get a business going where there is no carparking, outside of the main foot traffic area, no visibility unless you're standing right across the road from them[/quote]
Thats the same with the one at Botany, tucked right around the back of the mall by the spare car park for the pub- I've got no idea how much customers they receive though.

NZFF

Flight Experience Queenstown