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Emirates and Qantas have called for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to remove any restrictions on trans-Tasman routes as part of an application for their global alliance to be reauthorised. The pair is seeking a five-year renewal to its existing partnership covering destinations in Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and North Africa
Emirates says it is further reducing trans-Tasman services in favour of more Qantas-operated flights as part of the pair’s global alliance. The airline will cease daily Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland flights by March 2018, leaving Sydney-Christchurch as its only trans-Tasman service, having dropped Sydney-Auckland in June. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Air New Zealand is adding extra flights to Houston in 2018 in response to strong demand. The Star Alliance member plans to increase its five times a week service on the Auckland-Houston route to daily or six times weekly during a six-month period from from March 25 to October 27 2018. This content is available
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of the first of four Boeing 787-9 featuring a premium heavy configuration that offers more flexibility in how it deploys the fleet as markets develop. The 787-9, ZK-NZL, landed in Auckland a little before 1900 local time on Sunday, following its ferry flight from the United States. This content
Air New Zealand has scheduled a third year of seasonal flying to Ho Chi Minh City for 2018. The Star Alliance member commenced flights to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, when it operated three flights a week with the now-retired Boeing 767-300ER between June and October. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
Qantas has ferried extra fuel from Sydney to Auckland on a Boeing 747-400 as part of efforts to minimise disruption due to fuel shortages at the airport. Airlines have been battling restricted fuel supplies at Auckland Airport since Sunday, after a pipeline which connects a refinery to the Wiri Oil Services facility near the airport
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