![Air New Zealand net profit falls 31pct amid “lower growth environment”](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BOEING-787-9s-AIR-NEW-ZEALAND-AKL-APR18-RF-5K5A9458_1170-770x420.jpg)
Air New Zealand has reported a 30 per cent decline in net profit for 2018/19 amid what the company described as a lower growth environment.
![Air New Zealand appoints acting CEO ahead of Luxon’s Sept departure](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NZ-tail_750.jpg)
Air New Zealand says a permanent replacement for outgoing chief executive Christopher Luxon may not commence in the role until first quarter of 2020.
![Air New Zealand looking long-haul with latest Boeing 787 order](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ZK-NZE_AirNewZealand_Boeing_787-9_SGN-AKL_20180704_EPX26530_AA_1170.jpg)
This story by Denise McNabb from the July 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the long-haul ambitions of Air New Zealand with the Boeing 787.
![Air New Zealand wins more US Navy engine maintenance work](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NZ-tail_750.jpg)
Air New Zealand says its gas turbines business has won a fourth contract to service the US Navy General Electric LM2500 power turbines.
![Air New Zealand lifts targets for the elimination of single-use plastics](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/787-9_ZK-NZD_SYDNEY_2OCT2017_SETH-JAWORSKI-1.jpg)
Air New Zealand has raised the number of single-use plastic items it plans to cut in 2019 to 55 million, up from its previous target of 24 million.
![Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon to step down in September](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AirNZ_AKL_25_sep_2015_Nicholas_Young.jpeg)
Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has resigned and will leave the company in September after seven years at the helm.