Air New Zealand chairman Tony Carter says the Kiwi flag carrier is on track for profit growth in 2014/15 with bookings strong heading into summer. Carter told shareholders at Air NZ’s annual general meeting in Christchurch on Tuesday it had been an “encouraging start to the year with solid forward bookings into the high season”.
Air New Zealand’s engineering facility is overflowing with new aircraft after taking delivery of two factory fresh airframes from Boeing in the past three days. The first, Boeing 777-300ER ZK-OKS, arrived at 0458 local time at Auckland Airport on Saturday, September 27th. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
Air New Zealand’s last Boeing 747-400 is sporting a very different look as the airline prepares the aircraft for new owners. The aircraft, registration ZK-NBV, ended active service with Air NZ on September 12, with the last flight NZ7 from San Francisco to Auckland. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority has appointed Karen Wheeler as group manager – operations of its Aviation Security Service (Avsec), with effect from October 20. Urwin will be based in Wellington and will oversee Avsec’s security services at New Zealand’s six security designated airports, plus will be responsible for managing the Explosive Detector Dog program, and re-establishing
The Air New Zealand subsidiary that helped design the Skycouch has been sold to a UK-based airline interiors design, engineering and manufacturing company. The airline said on Monday its wholly-owned Altitude Aerospace Interiors was being offloaded to AIM Aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
Air New Zealand’s second Boeing 787-9 has completed a second day of flying over Washington State as the aircraft enters the final stages of its preparations before delivery. Flight tracking website flightaware.com shows ZK-NZF took off from Snohomish County Airport in Everett – the location of Boeing’s 787 production line – at 1052 local time on Wednesday and