Air New Zealand will soon take delivery of another all black aircraft to celebrate the All Blacks rugby world cup championship. The black 777-300ER rolled out of Boeing’s paint hangar in Seattle on December 16 and is expected to be delivered to Air New Zealand in late January. The paint scheme is meant to highlight
Air New Zealand is ratcheting up its frequent flyer card in a bid to replace most of the rest of the cards in your wallet. Air New Zealand’s new Airpoints loyalty card will include an optional pre-paid debit card as well as an ePass tag to ease domestic check-in. Once activated, the MasterCard branded debit
Air New Zealand has announced plans to order up to 12 new ATR 72-600 turboprops for use on NZ regional routes from late 2012. The airline says it is buying seven -600 series ATRs and taking purchase options on a further five, with the first due for delivery in October 2012. A second -600 will
Air New Zealand has announced it is to review its long haul route network, which it says is losing NZ$1m (A$800,000) a week. “International markets remain volatile and this has an impact on the demand for New Zealand as a destination,” Air NZ CEO Rob Fyfe said yesterday in announcing the airline’s profit results. “This
Air New Zealand has recorded a 45 per cent drop in profit before tax to NZ$75m (A$59.5m) for the 2010-11 financial year, on the back of the Christchurch earthquake and Japan tsunami natural disasters and high fuel prices. While recording a solid first half year profit of NZ$112m (A$89m), a second half loss of NZ$37m
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its cargo cartel investigation into Air New Zealand, clearing the airline of any wrongdoing in the United States. The announcement comes after Air New Zealand received a letter from DOJ Federal Prosecutors confirming that the airline was “no longer a subject or target of the ongoing grand