Air New Zealand News
Air New Zealand signs Visit California marketing partnership
Air New Zealand and tourism board Visit California have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote travel to the American state.
Eva Air signs Air New Zealand codeshare partnership
Passengers of the two Star Alliance members will have access to codeshare options operated by Eva Air from Taipei to major destinations in Japan and South Korea.
Air New Zealand receives first A321neo from Airbus
Air New Zealand has become a new operator of the A321neo, following the delivery of its first aircraft. In total, Air New Zealand will acquire 20 A320neo family aircraft.
Air New Zealand begins search for new uniform designer
Air New Zealand is kicking off the design process for a new uniform for cabin crew and airport staff. Currently, close to 4,500 cabin crew and airport staff wear Trelise Cooper designed garments.
Yolanda Yu, area manager, Hong Kong and Philippines, Air New Zealand
As Air New Zealand celebrates winning the title of Australasia’s Leading Airline at the World Travel Awards, Yolanda Yu, area manager for Hong Kong and Philippines at the carrier, tells Breaking Travel News how it feels to have won.
Air New Zealand serves up the impossible
Air New Zealand is giving customers a taste of the future with a new in-flight collaboration with Silicon Valley food tech start-up Impossible Foods.
Air New Zealand improves economy class Skycouch
Parents travelling with little ones will soon enjoy even greater freedom to choose how they fly with Air New Zealand making some enhancements to its award-winning Economy Skycouch.
Profits fall in first half of financial year at Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has announced earnings before taxation for the first six months of the 2018 financial year of $323 million, compared to $349 million in the prior period. The airline also announced the launch of a new direct service to Taipei, beginning in November 2018.
Grenier to star in new Air New Zealand safety video
Hollywood environmentalist, actor, director and UN environment ambassador Adrian Grenier will feature in Air New Zealand’s upcoming Antarctic safety video.
Air New Zealand highlights Antarctic climate change in new safety video
Air New Zealand’s next safety video, due for release in March, will highlight the fundamental importance of Antarctica in understanding global climate change.
Air New Zealand turns to Pixel Buds to overcome language barrier
Air New Zealand is turning to technology to tackle the language barriers that often arise during travel. The airline is one of the first corporates globally to trial a customer service use case for Google’s wireless Bluetooth Pixel Buds headphones which enable live translation of 40 languages via Google’s Pixel handset.
Singapore Airlines launches new Auckland departure with Air New Zealand
Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have announced they will jointly launch a third daily flight between Singapore and Auckland from October 28th next year, boosting capacity on the route by up to 40 per cent and adding more than 165,000 seats annually between the two cities.