Air New Zealand is slashing fares on domestic trunk routes for the second time in nine months, as it launches an extra 6000 seats a week into the market over the coming year. Air New Zealand Group General Manager Australasia Bruce Parton says leisure travellers in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown will be the [...]
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NEWS: Air New Zealand’s Distinctive Aircraft Tails Go Black
Air New Zealand’s fleet will begin to sport a new livery from next year. Chief Executive Office Rob Fyfe announced today that the tails of all new aircraft entering the fleet will be painted black and the lettering of the Air New Zealand name is being modernised. “Our iconic symbol, the Koru, will remain but [...]
Air New Zealand To Go Daily To Shanghai
Air New Zealand plans to operate daily services to China within the coming 12 months. Following a review of current services into China – Air New Zealand has determined that this expansion will best be achieved by consolidating services into Shanghai and serving Beijing as a one-stop destination in conjunction with Star Alliance code-share partner [...]
NEWS: Mount Cook ATR Fleet – Update 4
Mount Cook Airline expects to have another three of its ATR72-500 aircraft back in the air tomorrow following an inspection of its full fleet of 11 aircraft. General Manager Sarah Williamson said the airline is today operating approximately two thirds of its normal seat capacity, with two ATR aircraft in service and additional flying from [...]
Air New Zealand Reports Reduced Profit
Media release 24 February 2012 Air New Zealand today announced normalised earnings* before taxation of $33 million for the six month period ended 31 December 2011, a 71% decline on the same period last year. Net profit after taxation was $38 million. “Acknowledging this disappointing result we have already commenced a series of initiatives to [...]
Champagne, Rugby and Nine Reasons Why I love Air New Zealand
Blog from www.SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com. “At the time of writing this I’m flying at 874km/h at 10,972 ft and I’m just 42 minutes away from reaching New Zealand after 5.5 years away. I’m on my second glass of champagne, I’ve had no sleep on the entire 13 hour flight and have now been up for 28 hours. [...]
