Air NZ

Northland Inc has partnered with Air New Zealand to provide an online tool to encourage visitors to the Taitokerau Northland region, hosted on the Air New Zealand website.

But domestic numbers took a hit as the NZ’s Omicron wave put a lid on demand.

Air New Zealand is looking to recruit 200 additional staff in its contact centre to cope with an increase in travel demand.

The Tiaki Promise was launched by then Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis in 2018 to encourage people to act as guardians of NZ.

Air New Zealand and the government will trial a new Covid-19 testing solution, coinciding the the arrival of more visitors back into New Zealand.

Air New Zealand’s headquarters will pack its bags and leave the Auckland CBD for a refurbished office at Auckland Airport in 2024.

Air New Zealand is backing a new effort to bring a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as part of a car-sharing scheme.

And from 1 May, it will also remove its ‘no jab, no fly’ vaccination policy for international customers.

Services between NZ and key markets such as Australia, North America and Asia are ramping up again as airlines restore connections.

It includes a $1.2bn rights offer, $600m of shares for the govt, and a new unsecured Crown loan of $400m.

Air New Zealand will receive up to $180 million from the government to support the airline’s cargo revenue while passenger services recover.

Air New Zealand transported 481,000 passengers in February 2022, down 23% from the 624,000 it carried during February 2021.

Air New Zealand will make its maiden flight to New York on Saturday 17 September, departing at 7:40pm.

Air New Zealand will have more than 300 flights available between New Zealand and Australia throughout March as quarantine-free travel reopens to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents.

But longer haul markets may only be 20% of pre-Covid levels.

The airline predicts a record FY22 loss of more than $800m but plans a capital raise before the end of March.

Air New Zealand will operate nine charter flights through to 20 February to bring in tens of millions of Rapid Antigen Tests into New Zealand.

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Air New Zealand’s flagship B777-300 has been brought back into service, after almost 600 days on the ground.

The is already strong demand for flights between New Zealand and Australia following the Government’s border reopening announcement yesterday, says Air New Zealand.

SkyCity Casino Hamilton has been named a Covid-19 location of interest after a Covid-19 case visited between 5.33pm-6.38pm on Tuesday 25 January.

Air New Zealand will provide a credit option for domestic passengers affected by Omicron disruptions.

Air New Zealand has appointed Alexandra Marren, president of ABM Aviation in Atlanta, USA, as its new chief operating officer.

Air New Zealand customers can expect some schedule changes and cancellations as New Zealand moves into the Covid-19 red traffic light setting, says chief executive Greg Foran.

Air New Zealand carried more domestic travellers in 2021 than in 2020, despite the biggest market being in lockdown for nearly five months.

Air New Zealand has transported three kiwi chicks to their new home on Motuara Island, a predator free island in the Queen Charlotte Sound.

Quarantine-free travel to the Cook Islands from New Zealand has resumed with bookings looking strong for January.

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Air New Zealand has taken delivery of a new ATR72-600 turboprop plane after a 10-day journey from France.

Air New Zealand has secured another $500m from the government bringing its total taxpayer support to $2bn.

Air New Zealand says more than 12,000 customers are booked to travel in and out of Auckland across 170 flights tomorrow.

Closed borders was mainly responsible for a drop of 58% to 1.33 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions at Air New Zealand, according to the airline’s 2021 Sustainability Report.

Air New Zealand passenger movements across the group fell 50.7% in October 2021 to 340,000, compared with 690,000 reported for the same month last year.

Air New Zealand will cancel ‘green’ flights from Australia and prepare for managed isolation and quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel from mid-January.

More than 20,000 customers are impacted by the cancellations, which run through to the end of December.

The requirement on the airline’s domestic services will start from mid-December.

Air New Zealand will restart quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands on 14 January 2022.

A new Airbus A320neo for Air New Zealand arrived at Auckland Airport last night after travelling from France via Canada, mainland USA, Hawaii and the Cook Islands.

The first full month of Delta contributed to Air New Zealand passenger movements across the group dropping 60.8% in September 2021.

Air New Zealand will start quarantine-free flights for Australian citizens and permanent residents to New South Wales from 5 November.

Air New Zealand will provide one of its Dreamliners for use during this Saturday’s ‘Vaxathon’.

Air New Zealand has been awarded a further five months of support for cargo flights under an extension of the government’s Maintaining International Air Connectivity scheme.

Air New Zealand passenger numbers across the group rose 43.9% in August 2021 to 503,000, compared with 350,000 reported for the same month last year.

From 1 February 2022, the airline will require customers travelling anywhere on its international network to be fully vaccinated.

Air New Zealand has added 31 ‘red’ flights to its December schedule for customers wanting to return from Australia before the end of the year.

Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are partnering to run a closed proposal process to test the commercial feasibility of operating a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant in New Zealand.

Air New Zealand is testing new eco-serviceware for its international inflight food offerings.

The flights will give local tourists the opportunity to visit Whangarei for a short break and help boost our economy, says Whangarei mayor Sheryl Mai.

Air New Zealand’s quarantine flights to Australia sold out within three minutes of going on sale.

The airline says the impact of the trans-Tasman bubble suspension was up to $25m each month.