iscoverAir New Zealand and Pratt & Whitney will spend NZ$20 million upgrading Christchurch’s Airport’s engine overhaul facility to support new generation aircraft. The jointly operated V2500 engine shop, established in 2005, overhauls the engines fitted to Air New Zealand’s A320 fleet and other aircraft. The facility expansion is expected to be complete by the end
New Zealand’s air navigation service provider Airways has officially opened a new purpose-built training centre in Palmerston North. The centre will enhance Airways’ already-successful strategy to attract overseas students. Featuring three aerodrome air traffic control simulators and six radar simulators, the new centre aims to cater for increasing demand for qualified air traffic controllers globally.
Air New Zealand has named a former Etihad Airways executive as its new general manager for customer experience. Calum Laming joins Air NZ from Abu Dhabi, where he served as Etihad’s head of guest experience. He previously held senior customer service and marketing roles at Virgin Atlantic and Procter and Gamble. Laming also held in-flight
Air New Zealand has used an annoucement of a 300 per cent surge in pretax profits for the first half of the current financial year to reveal plans to lease two additional Boeing 777-300ERs for introduction into service in 2014. The airline’s normalised profit before tax for the half was NZ$139 million, up from NZ$33
Auckland Airport has reported a increase of 11.3 per cent in the company’s profit after tax to NZ$76.9 million. The result, which equates to an underlying profit after tax of NZ$76.1 million (up 7.5 per cent), was based on revenues of NZ$223.5 million, an increase of 3.6 per cent. This represents the third consecutive year
Air New Zealand has begun operating daily services from Auckland to Tokyo and Shanghai. Responsing to strong growth in the Asian market, services to Shanghai have progressively increased since the route was introduced in 2006, while the return to daily Tokyo flights comes after three years of reduced capacity. This content is available exclusively to
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