Air New Zealand has dropped fares to Australia to just $66 from mid-March to stimulate demand after releasing a disappointing set of financial results on Thursday.

Air New Zealand reported an 8.8 per cent fall in half-year, adjusted pre-tax profits, which the airline blamed on a weak cargo market and the ongoing unrest in Hong Kong.

Air New Zealand has reduced flights to Perth and Sydney over the Christmas/New Year period due to required checks on its Boeing 787-9 fleet’s Rolls-Royce engines. As a result, a seasonal two times weekly flight between Christchurch and Perth is no longer going ahead this summer. Also, Air New Zealand said on Monday it would

Air New Zealand says it will operate extra flights in December on five regional routes that Jetstar is withdrawing from at the end of November 2019.