All Air New Zealand articles
-
AnalysisAirline Business performance tracker: Asia-Pacific Q2 2023
Key data from the most-recent Asia-Pacific earnings period – the April-June 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
-
In depthThe Airline Strategy Awards 2023: winning stories
Alaska Airlines’ Ben Minicucci, Pegasus’ Guliz Ozturk and Singapore Airlines’ Goh Choon Phong were among those recognised at this year’s Airline Strategy Awards on 16 July in London, alongside former American Airlines chief executive Doug Parker.
-
NewsAir New Zealand and Safran show off new long-haul Business Class seat
Air New Zealand and Safran Seats UK have presented the new Visa business class seat product which the Auckland-based airline has chosen for its Boeing 787-9 widebody fleet.
-
NewsFrustration grows as more airlines report aircraft maintenance and delivery delays
Aircraft maintenance and delivery delays are one of the hot topics as this year’s IATA AGM, with the chief executives of three airlines tackling the issue on the event’s set-piece panel.
-
NewsEvolito to provide electric motors for Project Fresson Islander conversion
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) has selected Evolito – the YASA Motors spin-out – to supply the electric motors and inverters for its conversion of a Britten-Norman BN2 Islander to hydrogen fuel cell power.
-
AnalysisAirline Business performance tracker: Asia-Pacific Q4 2022
Key data from the most-recent Asia-Pacific earnings period – the fourth quarter of 2022 – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
-
AnalysisSignificant rise in women leading airlines offsets falls elsewhere in C-suite
A significant rise in the number of women leading airlines at the end of 2022 was undermined by falls in female representation elsewhere in the C-suite, according to FlightGlobal’s latest survey.
-
NewsAir New Zealand reveals four partners for low-emission aircraft trials
Air New Zealand has selected four aircraft providers – Beta Technologies, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Eviation, and VoltAero – for its Mission NextGen programme, which will see the carrier perform commercial demonstration flights of low-emission aircraft from 2026.
-
AnalysisSlower restart fails to protect Qantas and ANZ from operational woes
This week’s earnings commentaries from two of the airlines most affected by travel restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis show how all corners of the industry are vulnerable to operational challenges.
-
NewsAir New Zealand further trims full-year loss forecast
Air New Zealand has cut – for a second time – its full-year loss forecast, amid an uplift of travel demand following the country’s border reopening.
-
NewsAir New Zealand to build new hangar, move head office to airport
Air New Zealand has announced a four-year infrastructure investment that is expected to reduce costs in the long term, with all Auckland-based employees consolidated at its Auckland airport hub.
-
AnalysisAirlines warming to summer demand trend amid cloudy fundamentals
The past week has seen a growing list of airlines offer optimistic outlooks for the coming summer season, despite a lengthy list of challenges faced by the industry – although one chief executive bucked the trend, calling on airlines to “get real” as he outlined a less-than-rosy take on future demand fundamentals.
-
AnalysisMore airlines able to look forward with confidence about recovery
A notable theme over the past week has been the shift in global airline narrative towards renewal, as more markets emerge from the worst of the Covid-19 crisis.
-
NewsAir New Zealand to raise NZ$2.2 billion for post-pandemic recovery
Air New Zealand has rolled out a NZ$2.2 billion ($1.53 billion) recapitalisation package - aimed at boosting its war chest for post-pandemic recovery - as it expects to continue to be loss-making in the near-term.
-
NewsAir New Zealand to launch New York nonstop after pandemic hiatus
Air New Zealand will launch nonstop flights to New York later this year, after the coronavirus pandemic paused the carrier’s ultra-long-haul ambitions.
-
AnalysisDiversity and sustainability action can help airlines ‘build back better’
As the recovery momentum builds, so does scrutiny over whether the airline industry is truly committed to ‘building back better’ – a refrain popular with more than one chief executive during the darkest days of the crisis.
-
NewsAir New Zealand appoints new operations, strategy chiefs
Air New Zealand has appointed Alexandria Marren as its new chief operating officer from late March.
-
NewsWellington ups financial support to Air New Zealand amid ‘ongoing uncertainty’
The New Zealand government has increased its financial support scheme to flag carrier Air New Zealand, amid “ongoing uncertainty” over recovery from the impact of the coronavirus.
-
NewsWellington nixes Trans-Tasman bubble; thousands of flights cancelled
Plans to restart quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand are in disarray as Wellington rules out resuming the travel bubble with its closest neighbour this year.
-
NewsAir New Zealand draws further from loan facility amid pandemic uncertainty
Air New Zealand has suspended its cash burn forecast citing “ongoing uncertainty” around New Zealand’s coronavirus situation, as it draws down further from a government loan facility.