iscoverTouchdown of NZ7 at 6:26am local time on Friday in Auckland brought the curtain down on the Boeing 747-400’s active service with Air New Zealand. Having flown both the 747-200 and then the 747-400 models of the four-engine jet with its distinctive hump for more than three decades, Air NZ, like many airlines around the world, is sending
Air New Zealand plans to add three extra flights a week between Auckland and Los Angeles from April to October 2015. The new flights, to operate on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, are on top of existing double-daily services between Auckland and Los Angeles. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
Low-cost carrier Jetstar will open two new international routes from the Gold Coast when it starts flights from the Queensland tourist hotspot to Wellington and Queenstown from December. The Qantas subsidiary says it will fly three times a week to both the New Zealand capital and Queenstown from the Gold Coast using 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. This content
Students in Air New Zealand’s Aviation Institute’s basic aircraft maintenance program will now come away from the course with both academic qualifications and technical accreditation. The school says graduates of its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 147 course will also have a New Zealand level five diploma thanks to New Zealand Qualifications Authority approval. This
Air New Zealand’s jet fleet will remain stable at 51 aircraft in 2014/15, with seven new deliveries to be offset by the retirement of seven ageing aircraft. New jet aircraft to arrive in the current financial year includes two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, one Boeing 777-300ER and four narrowbody Airbus A320s. This content is available exclusively
Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says the Kiwi carrier is planning for further growth across the Tasman even as a stronger Kiwi currency affects the market. Luxon says Australia was an important source of future growth for the airline, which on Wednesday reported a 45 per cent lift in net profit for 2013/14 to $NZ262
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