Welcome to Air New Zealand's Online Media Centre. Here are our most recent media releases.
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May10Star Alliance CEO's Question Time on Facebook
Asking for customer feedback, comments and suggestions.
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May1150% more seats to Hawaii
Air New Zealand is adding significant new capacity to its Auckland - Honolulu route to meet high customer demand for this popular holiday destination.
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May9Ski-season capacity boost for Queenstown - more Tasman and domestic flights
Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia are boosting direct flights between Australia and Queenstown by 8% this ski season to meet expected high demand from Australian skiers.
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May9Significant capacity boost for Auckland-Perth alliance services
Air New Zealand and alliance partner Virgin Australia today announced plans to boost capacity on the busy Auckland-Perth route by more than 20% in the upcoming financial year.
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Apr20Air New Zealand and Department of Conservation Announce New Partnership
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe have today confirmed a major three year commercial partnership between the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Air New Zealand.
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Apr2Fiji Update
Air New Zealand has cancelled tomorrow morning’s scheduled A320 service Auckland - Nadi - Auckland (NZ752/NZ753) which was due to depart at 7:45am and will replace it with a larger Boeing 777-300 aircraft, more than doubling the number of seats available in both directions.
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Mar29Eva Air accepted as future Star Alliance member
Further Alliance Expansion in Asia
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Mar28Air New Zealand to go daily to Shanghai
Air New Zealand plans to operate daily services to China within the coming 12 months.
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Mar26Hollywood star takes on New Zealand golfing talent at 30,000 feet
Hollywood actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Ocean’s Thirteen) and top New Zealand golfers Lydia Ko and Phil Tataurangi had some unique putting practise this morning ahead of the NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship in Queenstown later this week.
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Mar22Air New Zealand’s 30,000ft in-flight putting challenge tees off
From today, passengers on board Air New Zealand’s all black A320 will be invited to take part in a world first for in-flight entertainment on selected services between Auckland and Queenstown.
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Mar20Mount Cook ATR fleet - Update 6
Mount Cook Airline expects to be able to get almost all passengers to their destinations today as more aircraft become operational following its full fleet inspection.
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Mar1914:45Mount Cook ATR fleet - Update 5
Mount Cook Airline says it expects to be able to accommodate around 97% of passengers booked to travel tomorrow as more aircraft become operational following its full fleet inspection.
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Mar1912:00Mount Cook ATR fleet - Update 4
Mount Cook Airline expects to have another three of its ATR72-500 aircraft back in the air tomorrow following an inspection of its full fleet of 11 aircraft.
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Mar1817:30Mount Cook ATR fleet - Update 3
Mount Cook Airline expects to operate approximately two thirds of its normal seat capacity tomorrow with three ATR aircraft in service and additional flying from other aircraft in the Air New Zealand fleet.
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Mar1813:30Mount Cook ATR fleet - Update 2
Air New Zealand has cancelled the majority of ATR services today after hairline cracks were found in the area around windows of the cockpit in one aircraft during routine overnight maintenance in Christchurch.
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Mar18Mount Cook’s ATR fleet being inspected
Air New Zealand is inspecting its ATR fleet after hairline cracks were found in the area around the windows of the cockpit in one aircraft during routine overnight maintenance in Christchurch.
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Mar8Experience A New You launches in Hong Kong
Well-known Hong Kong musician and composer Chet Lam is the new face of a campaign designed to attract more tourists from Hong Kong to New Zealand.
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Mar2Australians prefer Air New Zealand - Roy Morgan Australia Customer Satisfaction Awards
Air New Zealand has been named 'International Airline of the Year' in the inaugural Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards in Australia.
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Mar1Air New Zealand increases capacity to North America
Air New Zealand is increasing its capacity into the North American destinations of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver.
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Feb27Air New Zealand Aviation Institute Adds Basic Maintenance Training Approval to its EASA 147 Certificate
The Air New Zealand Aviation Institute has added Part 66 Cat B1.1 and B2 approval to its EASA 147 Certificate, enhancing its suite of airline industry training programmes.
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Feb24Air New Zealand Reports Reduced Profit
Air New Zealand today announced normalised earnings* before taxation of $33 million for the six month period ended 31 December 2011, a 71% decline on the same period last year. Net profit after taxation was $38 million.
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Feb23Air New Zealand’s alliance with Virgin Australia goes direct to Sunshine Coast
Kiwis will be able fly to the heart of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast this winter with Air New Zealand launching the first international service into Sunshine Coast Airport as part of its trans Tasman alliance with Virgin Australia.
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Feb23Bali from $549 one way
Kiwis can now book a flight non-stop to Bali with Air New Zealand’s launch special of $549 one way from Auckland.
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Feb20Air New Zealand FY12 Interim Result Announcement…more
Media Briefing – 24 February.
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Feb3Who’s the Sceptic now?
Air New Zealand launches its biggest campaign in the past ten years in a bid to change Aussie opinions.
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Feb9Picture your upgrade competition
Your personal snapshot showing the Star Alliance Gold benefits could be rewarded with fantastic prizes.
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Feb3Bali is Air New Zealand’s newest international route
Kiwis will now be able to fly non-stop to the popular holiday destination of Bali with the launch of Air New Zealand’s new twice weekly service between Auckland and Denpasar Airport.
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Jan31Air New Zealand CEO Resignation
Air New Zealand will have a new Chief Executive Officer in 2013.
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Jan24Star Alliance Conventions Plus goes online
First Alliance Online Booking Tool for Conventions Travel
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Jan22Air New Zealand kicks off 2012 in winning style
Air New Zealand Airpoints™ customers can win a five-night holiday package for two in Hong Kong or North America - or one of tens of thousands of other great prizes - just by booking a flight before the end of the month.
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Jan12Video of world’s largest black aircraft arriving in Auckland…more
Video footage is now available of Air New Zealand’s newest Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted all black, touching down in New Zealand for the first time today at Auckland International Airport.
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Jan11World’s largest all black aircraft to touch down in Auckland tomorrow…more
Air New Zealand’s newest Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted all black, will touch down in New Zealand for the first time tomorrow morning (Thursday 12 January) at Auckland International Airport.
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Jan10Air New Zealand wins Oscars of the airline industry - again…more
Air New Zealand has won Air Transport World’s prestigious Airline of the Year award for the second time in three years.
