Air New Zealand is adding extra flights to Perth to support the Kiwi flag carrier’s services to the Americas. The new three times a week Perth-Auckland offering, which starts on December 11 2015 and runs until May 1 2016, will be flown with Boeing 767-300 aircraft and adds to an existing daily 787-9 service on the route,
Ticket prices for domestic travel have risen sharply in May both at the pointy end of the aircraft and in the main cabin, figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics show. The most pronounced jump was in the index measuring business class fares, which rose to 91.2 index points in May, compared
Air New Zealand has followed up “The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made” with a surfing-themed production that features the world’s best hitting the waves at a few of the Pacific’s most iconic locations. There is also a distinctly Australian flavour in Air NZ’s “Safety Safari”, with three-time world champion Mick Fanning and shots of
Australia will spend $50 million in 2015/16 as part the ongoing search effort for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, budget papers show. The funding allocation for the coming financial year would provide the necessary funding to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to increase the search area should the aircraft not be found within
Government contracts to operate air services to Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands will be up for tender together in 2016, budget papers show. Currently, the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development pays Air New Zealand a subsidy to fly to Norfolk Island, located about 900nm off Australia’s east coast in the
Qantas has forecast a reduction in its fuel bill of at least $550 million in 2014/15 and says its cost-cutting targets for the full financial year have been met or exceeded. The details were published in a slide presentation senior Qantas management, including chief executive Alan Joyce, delivered to the financial community during the company’s
