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With little fanfare Air New Zealand operated its first Boeing 787 revenue flights on Saturday when 787-9 ZK-NZE operated NZ103 from Auckland to Sydney and the return NZ104 service back to Auckland. ZK-NZE departed Auckland at 09:25 local time, and despite fog at Sydney Airport earlier in the morning causing widespread delays and diversions, it was able

Airlines need to be supported by adequate infrastructure to give them the best chance of profitability, the head of the Qantas pilots union says. Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) president Nathan Safe says the proposed new airport at Badgerys Creek will not only help create jobs in Western Sydney, it will also boost the

Jetstar chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka says the low-cost carrier’s Japanese business will one day be larger than the group’s Australian operations as demand for travel in the Asia grows. Speaking at the CAPA Australia Pacific aviation summit in Sydney on Friday, Hrdlicka hit back at critics of Jetstar’s Asian ventures, saying Asia was the fastest-growing

There are concerns a growing number of nations may be returning to a more protectionist stance on air traffic rights, leaving Australia isolated as one of the most open places for foreign carriers to fly to in the world. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development secretary Mike Mrdak says opening up Australia to overseas airlines

Air New Zealand has turned on New’s Zealand’s largest single solar array to date at its technical operations base at Auckland Airport. A total of 480 solar panels has been fitted to an area of 750 metres square on one of Air NZ’s hangars. The array is estimated to produce 160,000KwH of electricity each year

Air New Zealand, Middle-earth’s precious airline, has begun filming its latest inflight safety video in preparation for its rollout across the Air NZ fleet in late October. The video will celebrate the upcoming release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (due out in cinemas in December), the final film in The Hobbit