Category: NZ News

Cathay Pacific has operated the first scheduled Airbus A350-900 flight to New Zealand with CX197 touching down at Auckland Airport a few minutes before 1300 local time on Friday. The inaugural A350 service, operated by B-LRC, departed Hong Kong on Thursday night and covered the roughly 4,500nm journey in a little over 10 hours. This

Air New Zealand is no longer a Virgin Australia shareholder after disposing of its remaining 2.5 per cent stake for A$65.7 million. On Wednesday, the company said in its monthly investor update for October the shares were sold in “off market transactions with investors, including Nanshan Group”. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Air New Zealand has reaffirmed earnings guidance for an earnings decline in the current year as competition both at home and abroad heats up. In August, the airline guided the market to expect earnings before taxation of between NZ$400 million to NZ$600 million in 2016/17, compared with $NZ806 million in the prior year. This content is

Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to expand their alliance to include the latter carrier’s upcoming one-stop Singapore-Wellington service. SIA is due to start flights between the city-state and New Zealand capital, via Canberra, from September 21, with the four times a week offering being operated with Boeing 777-200s. This content is available exclusively to Australian