iscoverAir New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has apologised to the families of the victims of the crash of one of the airline’s DC-10s at Mount Erebus in Antarctica in 1979, saying that the airline has not offered enough support for them. “I can’t turn the clock back, but as I look forward, I would like
Air New Zealand has announced new lead-in and fully flexible fare products for its domestic services as it works to shore up its strong position over competitors Jetstar and Pacific Blue. From October 19, the airline introduced Smart Saver fares as its new lead-in fare product, which will also be available on regional flights, in
Air New Zealand recorded a rise in load factor across all its major markets during September as it made a number of capacity cuts to match lower demand. Compared to September 2008, the carrier saw a 1.2 per cent fall in passengers carried, resulting in a 6.8 per cent fall in RPKs. However, with capacity
Air New Zealand says that the blended winglets being progressively fitted to its fleet of Boeing 767-300ERs are achieving 19 per cent more fuel savings than originally forecast. With four aircraft now sporting the 3.4m high winglets, it is expected that once the fifth aircraft is fitted with the winglets that the fleet will save
Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has labelled IBM’s service as “amateur” in an internal email following a major systems outage which affected the airline on October 11. The outage affected the airline’s check-in systems at airports across New Zealand, online bookings and call centres for seven hours from 0430 New Zealand time, affecting 10,000
Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe called for ICAO to end “its paralysis” on forging an international agreement on cutting airline emissions, while he also criticised “money grabbing” governments intent on levying international airlines with emissions taxes. Speaking at the Greener Skies conference in Hong Kong on October 6, Fyfe criticised the ongoing debate over
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