Air NZ gearing up for busy holiday period
Airline says cheap airfares are still available for Christmas week.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest from Airlines
New challenges for tourism industry as Omicron variant emerges
The tourism industry is grappling with the prospect of its new normal.
Watch: Auckland Airport opening up $160m road network
Company takes advantage of plunge in traffic to get on with infrastructure work.
Ali Williams, Anna Mowbray plans: Neighbours rally over chopper pad
"It's not personal against them. Just, not in the back garden." - Westmere neighbour.
Stuck in the '60s: Airlines running out of time to get back to NZ
As lockdowns and closed borders claims an accommodation casualty airlines want certainty.
Chocks away: Bookings surge at Air NZ after border changes
Domestic demand is surging with 300,000 flights booked for last two weeks of December.
End of MIQ: Travel and tourism react to border plans
Some government moves described as ''nonsense'' and Grinch-like, others are encouraging.
Opinion: Flight Centre boss says border plan celebrations tinged with sadness
Travel firm boss challenges PM to meet with the industry over the reopening strategy.
Billion-dollar payoff: Value of NZ's place in Southern Link trade route
Southern Link places New Zealand in the middle of a global value chain for the first time.
Cancelled flights: Frustration grows at lack of clarity on international restart
Airlines' hands tied by lack of clarity from Government.
'600 days in equivalent of level 4': Travel industry boss responds to cancelled Air NZ flights
The travel industry faces continued uncertainty.
Grounded: 1000 Air NZ transtasman flights cancelled by lack of progress on border
Govt's transtasman bubble stand hits 20,000 customers
Singapore Airlines rolls out the luxe on new single aisle planes
Singapore Airlines will roll out the new cabins on regional routes.
Waiheke helicopter pad 'rush' causes alarm
'How many more residents will suffer?', asks member of anti-helicopter lobby group.
Grounded: Block on borders means airline cuts back flights for 2022
Other carriers cutting capacity threatening the recovery of NZ tourism and travel.
'Get to Mechanics Bay': Councillor responds to Ali Williams, Anna Mowbray heli-pad plan
'I don't know why the applicants don't just get themselves 7km down the road.'
Ex-All Black, toy billionaire want waterfront helicopter pad
The flight path would be well separated from other residential dwellings.
What Covid minister thinks of call to ditch MIQ for Kiwis
'We are always reviewing the settings at MIQ' says Government.
Auckland Airport boss: Ditch MIQ for Kiwis before Xmas to get them home
''The time has come for the grief and inequity caused by these restrictions to end''
Fired aviation workers' rights limited, but lose case over vax mandate
Four aviation security workers did not wish to be vaccinated and were dismissed.
Greg Foran: Why Air NZ's vax regime is getting so tough
Airline tells how the global standout regime will work and its hopes for easier testing.
Air NZ's tough new domestic flight rule: Get jabbed or show negative test
Change follows overwhelming feedback from customers and staff for more protection.
Travel reboot: Jetstar announces massive domestic and transtasman sale for 2022
Jetstar is getting ready for a return of travel.
Taking off: Airport chief's 'heartbreaking' decisions in the face of Covid 19
What's fueling optimism about the path ahead for aviation for outgoing airport CEO.
Auckland Airport boss says Royal Commission needed into NZ's Covid response
We must learn and record the lessons that we've learned the hard way through this period.
Aucklanders stuck at Mercer as Sydneysiders jet off to London
While Qantas takes off Air New Zealand remains poised for re-opening.
The Air New Zealand routes that will recharge recovery
The shift to the regions and different work patterns provides more opportunities
Geoff Hunt: No silver bullet for aviation's emissions problem
The aviation industry remains reliant on fossil fuels.
MIQ changes: What they mean for aviation and tourism
Small step welcomed but tourism and travel sectors need more certainty.
How the Delta outbreak has hit Air NZ
Before lockdown domestic capacity had been tracking in excess of 90% of pre-Covid levels.
Mandatory vaccination for domestic Air NZ passengers 'on the table'
Airline chiefs also respond to question over how latest flight cancellations were handled.
Cancelled: Fury and Commerce Commission complaints as Air NZ ditches domestic flights
Air NZ says that uncertainty over Auckland border settings left it little choice.
Aviation restart: Where New Zealand ranks now
"I don't think we will be turning back this time" - Qantas boss Alan Joyce.
Traffic lights: Airlines, tourism, hotels worried they'll be left in the dust
Lack of any detail on border re-opening fuels fears tourism will "go down the gurgler".