Air New Zealand
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Air New Zealand is an international and domestic airline group which provides air passenger and cargo transport services within New Zealand, as well as to and from Australia, the South West Pacific, Asia, North America and the United Kingdom. Air New Zealand also encompasses business units providing engineering and ground handling services. Subsidiaries extend to booking systems, travel wholesaling and retailing services.
New Zealand airports are being urged to help stem the drop off in tourism numbers by following a Singaporean initiative making it cheaper for airlines to operate flights at its international airport.
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One lucky bidder is likely to secure two months of unlimited Air New Zealand Business Premier travel for two people for a real bargain in this year’s Kids at Christmas Charity Auction, with the current bid of $19,000 just over half the amount of last year’s final bid.
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Air New Zealand shares the New Zealand Commerce Commission view that cartels are insidious and anti-competitive and that any price fixing activities should be prosecuted by the appropriate authorities.
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Air New Zealand’s Australian-based aerospace engineering services company TAE has added to its stable of businesses with the purchase of well-known aviation service provider Tenix Aviation Pty Limited.
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Air New Zealand said today it would continue to match employee contributions of up to 4% to KiwiSaver, despite Government changes to the programme that will halve the compulsory employer contribution.
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The world’s first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will take place on 30 December.
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Air New Zealand announced today that it had acquired a cornerstone shareholding in Australian online tourism specialists V3 (Vcubed Pty Ltd).
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The family and friends of the New Zealanders lost in the A320 accident in France have started the process of travelling home to be reunited with loved ones.
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More than 20 family and friends together with Air New Zealand and government support teams gathered on Canet Beach this afternoon to remember the five New Zealanders and two German pilots tragically lost in the Airbus A320 accident last Thursday, 27 November (French time).
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More than 20 family and friends of the New Zealanders lost in the A320 accident will be in Perpignan by tomorrow.
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Air New Zealand can confirm that French search and rescue divers have found a third body and the cockpit of the A320.
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The Air New Zealand Environment Trust today announced a new programme to assist with restoring the environment for New Zealand school children.
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AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand advises that it is postponing its biofuel test flight which was due to take place on Wednesday 3 December, and also the pre-flight briefing on Tuesday 2 December, to early January 2009.
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Mike and Colleen White, the parents of Murray White, have asked Air New Zealand to issue the following statement on their behalf:
Murray is the father of an eight year old son and in a family partnership which had been planning to move into a new home in the next three weeks.770 views
The following statement is issued on behalf of Captain Brian Horrell’s wife, Shellie, and the family.
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Air New Zealand Chief Executive Rob Fyfe has arrived in Perpignan this evening with family members of missing Auckland-based Air New Zealand engineer Murray White.
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French search and rescue divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the A320 that was lost in the Mediterranean on Friday.
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Family members of two of the five New Zealanders lost in the A320 crash will travel to France tonight.
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French search and rescue teams are working in deteriorating weather conditions to try and retrieve the two flight recorders from the A320 on lease to Germany’s XL Airways that was lost in the Mediterranean yesterday.
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French authorities have now advised Air New Zealand that it should not expect there to be any survivors after its Airbus A320 that was on lease to XL Airways of Germany was lost in the Mediterranean yesterday.
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French search and rescue authorities have advised they now have locator signals from the two black box flight recorders from the Airbus A320 that was on lease to XL Airways of Germany and lost in the Mediterranean yesterday.
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Air New Zealand has a support team in place in Perpignan, with New Zealand-based staff including Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe en-route to France as search and rescue efforts continue.
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The family of Noel Marsh have asked Air New Zealand to issue the following statement on their behalf:
We are deeply saddened about the events of today, although still retain some hope that Noel will be found alive.550 views
The family of Brian Horrell have asked Air New Zealand to issue the attached photo of him.
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Air New Zealand can now confirm the name of its fourth staff member who is missing after our Airbus A320 on lease to XL Airways from Germany was lost in the Mediterranean Sea this morning.
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Air New Zealand can now advise the names of its staff who are missing after our Airbus A320 on lease to XL Airways from Germany was lost in the Mediterranean Sea this morning.
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Air New Zealand confirms that one of its Airbus A320 aircraft on lease to a European based company has crashed in the Mediterranean.
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AUCKLAND — The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel is ready to go next Wednesday 3 December 2008.
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Air New Zealand is calling on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to demonstrate consistency when making a final ruling on its application for a Cooperation Agreement with Air Canada.
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Air New Zealand announced today that it will disestablish up to 200 full-time jobs.
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The next round of international $1 reserve airfares including flights to London, Los Angeles, Osaka, Vancouver and Hong Kong are ready to be snapped up from tomorrow at 2,196 views
The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will take place on 3 December 2008.
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International destinations including London, Los Angeles, and Beijing are going on the block at grabaseat.co.nz with a $1 reserve.
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The world’s first commercial aviation flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel moved a step closer this week.
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QUEENSTOWN — Air New Zealand will fly its first RNP enabled flight from Sydney to Queenstown tomorrow, after becoming the first Airbus operator in the world to have an entire Airbus fleet enabled by Required Navigation Performance (RNP).
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As New Zealand’s only truly Kiwi airline, Air New Zealand is always being told by our Australian competitors how inferior us Kiwis are.
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MASTERTON — Air New Zealand will launch a new direct service between Masterton and Auckland from Monday 16 February 2009.
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Air New Zealand is to double the number of available Pacific Premium Economy seats on its fleet of eight 777-200ER aircraft in line with unprecedented demand.
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Air New Zealand is backing the Vodafone Warriors not just to win their NRL preliminary final on Saturday night – but to score a sizeable donation for charity.
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Air New Zealand has created a standalone company with 50 staff to capture opportunities in the global aircraft interior design business.
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Hundreds of people flocked to Victoria Square in Christchurch today to watch daring Kiwis get their heads shaved and ‘tattooed’ for Air New Zealand’s Cranial Billboards campaign.
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Air New Zealand is reinforcing its claim to the title of the world’s most environmentally responsible airline by installing new equipment that will reduce the carbon emissions from its international jet fleet.
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Air New Zealand estimates it will save more than NZ$7.5 million in fuel and 16,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually by fitting performance-enhancing blended winglets on to its five Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
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Air New Zealand and key aviation partners will today demonstrate the potential for the commercial aviation industry to reduce carbon emissions by millions of tonnes annually, with a test flight between Auckland and San Francisco.
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Air New Zealand is set to significantly improve the domestic check-in experience at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch domestic airports and the airline is launching a new advertising medium to help tell the country about it.
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Air New Zealand is further reducing long-term lead-in fares to Australia, by an average of 15%, as the first of its refitted A320 aircraft begin flying the Tasman.
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Air New Zealand is calling on the government to increase its commitment to tourism in the face of softening global demand and travellers’ growing environmental consciousness.
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Air New Zealand is a step closer to its bio-fuel test flight using a 747-400 aircraft, with the refining of the sustainable fuel underway in the US.
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Air New Zealand today announced Normalised Earnings* before unusual items and taxation of $197 million for the year ended 30 June 2008, a decrease of 24 percent on last year.
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AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand and key aviation partners will demonstrate the potential for the commercial aviation industry to reduce carbon emissions by millions of tonnes annually, with a test flight between Auckland and San Francisco.
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Kiwi business innovating and winning.
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Air New Zealand is slashing domestic baggage charges.
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QUEENSTOWN — Holidaymakers travelling between Australia and Queenstown are set to benefit from a new technology that will dramatically improve the reliability of Air New Zealand’s services into the country’s winter playground.
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Pacific Blue is set to gouge the pockets of Kiwi travellers under its new baggage policy.
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Today will see the departure of Air New Zealand’s first non-stop service between Auckland and Beijing.
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Air New Zealand says it is disappointed that NZALPA-represented pilots at its subsidiary Air Nelson will proceed with three full-day withdrawals of labour from tomorrow, impacting hundreds of children and parents during the busy school holiday travel period.
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CHRISTCHURCH — New Zealand’s favourite website for discounted airfares, www.grabseat.co.nz , will be celebrating its 2nd birthday with an hilarious mascot race to be held next Thursday 24 July.
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Air New Zealand airfares across many routes will increase from 17 July in response to continued high jet fuel prices.
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Paul Bingham, one of New Zealand’s top tourism operators, has been appointed to the Air New Zealand Board as an additional non executive Director.
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Leading global air carriers Air New Zealand, Continental, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and biofuel technology developer UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, today announced they will be the first wave of aviation-related members to join the newly formed Algal Biomass Organization (ABO).
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Customers flying on Air New Zealand 777 and 747 aircraft can now enjoy their personal seat-back entertainment system from the moment they sit down till the moment the aircraft lands.
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A ground-breaking initiative at San Francisco Airport to increase the efficiency of air traffic is resulting in significant fuel and emission savings for Air New Zealand.
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Air New Zealand today announced a range of pricing and capacity changes in response to the continued high cost of fuel and changes in demand.
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Air New Zealand’s fuel savings initiative programme is on track to see the airline reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100,000 tonnes.
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Air New Zealand announced today it expects to use at least one million barrels of environmentally sustainable fuel annually by 2013.
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Air New Zealand is to establish an aviation academy to develop and nurture home-grown pilots, cabin crew, engineers and specialist airline management staff.
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Air New Zealand today welcomed the New Zealand Press Councils reconfirmation of its decision upholding the airlines complaint against Investigate magazine over inaccuracies in its September 2007 cover story on charter flights.
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Air New Zealand’s trans-Tasman and Pacific Island airfares are to rise by an average three percent as a result of ever increasing fuel prices.
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Air New Zealand has no immediate plan to follow Pacific Blue’s recent move to increase its domestic airfares by up to 10%.
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GISBORNE — Air New Zealand will increase seat capacity into Gisborne by operating a new 50-seat Bombardier Q300 aircraft on the Auckland-Gisborne route from 29 May.
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Air New Zealand’s domestic fares are to increase as a result of record high fuel prices.
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Air New Zealand has welcomed a New Zealand Press Council decision upholding complaints about Investigate magazine’s cover story on charter flights published in September 2007.
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Air New Zealand today welcomed the Department of Labour’s report on the employment of Shanghai-based cabin crew.
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QUEENSTOWN — Air New Zealands popular direct service from Sydney to Queenstown is increasing to five times per week over the peak period this winter.
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Air New Zealand has today had confirmation from Boeing that it can expect a delay in the delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
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Air New Zealand confirms today it is planning to introduce a simplified baggage allowance process for domestic passengers later in the year.
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AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand will increase capacity to Melbourne and Sydney later in the year adding more direct services and using larger aircraft.
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NELSON — Air Nelson today reassured passengers that it is putting contingency plans in place to minimise the impact of proposed industrial action by members of the New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Associations (NZALPA).
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Due to a number of erroneous and factually incorrect media items in recent days, Air New Zealand would like to again clarify the employment terms and conditions of its Shanghai based Cabin Crew.
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Air New Zealand’s domestic, Tasman and Pacific Island fares are about to cost more as a result of high fuel prices.
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Kiwi Mardi Gras party-goers looking to celebrate the 30th anniversary Sydney Mardi Gras in style will not be disappointed with a tropical Pink Paradiso experience for Air New Zealand’s “Pink Flight of Fabulosity” today.
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Air New Zealand today announced normalised earnings* before taxation and unusual items of $159 million for the six-month period ended 31 December 2007, an increase of 62 percent on the same period last year.
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AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand is to increase its direct services between Auckland and Vancouver to four a week from early December to meet strong customer demand.
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INVERCARGILL — It’s official – Invercargill’s Tim Shadbolt is the country’s hottest mayor, according to the thousands of fans who voted for him today on grabaseat.co.nz The mayors of Invercargill, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Dunedin were competing for top honours in the inaugural “Mayor Idol” run by Air New Zealand’s grabaseat.
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Get to www.grabaseat.co.nz before 5pm today (Thursday 21 February) to vote for “Mayor Idol” The Mayors of Hamilton, Palmerston North, Dunedin and Invercargill will compete for top honours as the hottest mayor complete with quirky campaign slogans.
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CANTERBURY — The two Air National pilots involved in yesterday’s in-flight incident between Blenheim and Christchurch are today recuperating from their ordeal and are asking for privacy.
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CANTERBURY — Air New Zealand is providing specialist support to the two pilots and seven customers involved in this morning’s Eagle Air incident.
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For the third year in a row, Air New Zealand has walked away with the prestigious trophy for Best Business Class Red Wine for the Martinborough Pinot Noir 2005 at the 2007 Cellars in the Sky awards announced in London overnight.
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Air New Zealand has been judged as having the world’s best passenger service in the prestigious Air Transport World magazine awards.
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Air New Zealand today made domestic travel even more affordable for Kiwis.
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Air New Zealand said today that it will suspend flights between Nadi and Los Angeles operated by the airline three times per week, effective 26 April 2008.
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WHAKATANE — Air New Zealand is to launch a direct service six days a week between Whakatane and Wellington.
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Air New Zealand said today that Invercargill, Hamilton, Dunedin and Palmerston North are being considered for Boeing 737 domestic jet services, to provide regional customers with more daily capacity.
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Air New Zealand’s Engineering Services ANZES has signed a $45 million, five-year contract with Virgin Blue Airlines Pty for the heavy maintenance of the Australian airline’s domestic Boeing737 fleet.
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More than $420,000 was raised for three childrens’ charities by this year’s Air New Zealand Kids @ Christmas Charity Auction.
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AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand has announced its intention to operate a direct service between Auckland and Beijing from 18 July 2008, Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe said today.
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MANUKAU CITY — Air New Zealand confirms that its cargo building at Auckland’s Ogilvie Drive was evacuated early this morning.
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Ever wanted to have your very own plane for the day? Well thanks to Air New Zealand’s grabaplane promotion, which launches today, one lucky Kiwi will have that wish come true! The winner and forty of their mates will take off on their own special Q300 flight to their choice of any of the 26 spots around New Zealand to which Air New Zealand flies.
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An Air New Zealand grabaseat “How Low Can You Go” auction today saw more than 10,000 fares – enough to fill 73 737s – sell out within the day as bargain-hunting Kiwis created an online buying frenzy.
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Air New Zealand is looking to revolutionise its long-haul customers’ travel experience with the introduction of an in-flight International Airline Concierge service – a first in the aviation industry.
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