Boeing can console itself with the near certainty of a large order for new jets from Virgin Blue in the coming weeks or months after this morning losing the contest to replace Air New Zealand’s aged fleet of Boeing 737-300s.
Air NZ has ordered 14 A320s to replace the 15 Boeings involved, and taken options on [...]
Tag Archives: Air NZ
Air NZ chooses Airbuses to replace old Boeing 737s
November 3, 2009 – 11:38 am
‘Delta V’ trans Pacific deal gets closer
November 2, 2009 – 2:43 pm
The competition watchdog the ACCC today published a draft determination proposing authorisation of a joint venture between Virgin Blue and Delta Airlines on their flights between Australia and the US.
Although not final the draft makes a link up early in 2010 likely given that the necessary US approval for the deal seems inevitable because it [...]
Air NZ economy ’sleeper’ gives Qantas and Virgin Blue cause to wake in fright
October 23, 2009 – 5:48 pm
Let’s think more about the hints from Air New Zealand about opportunities to put economy seats together to make a ‘sleeper’.
What happens when there are lots of empty seats on a particular flight?
Will the carrier try to rope them off to stop passengers spreading out into the empty seats for free, and leave the customers [...]
Delta V-how it might work
July 11, 2009 – 12:26 pm
The chances of a trans Pacific joint venture by the Virgin Blue group of carriers and Delta have improved after the US Department of Transport approved anti trust immunity for Continental Airlines participating in the Star Alliance, which includes its major rival United Airlines.
The Department of Justice under the Obama administration had earlier voiced its [...]
This Delta connection is much bigger than announced
March 24, 2009 – 12:19 pm
There is context to the announcement of the interline agreement between V Australia and Delta which seems to have escaped the regurgitaters of airline press releases.
Delta, which eclipsed Southwest as the world’s largest airline in last year’s merger with Northwest wants United Airlines dead. Actually, deader than it is.
V Australia’s owner, Virgin Blue, has a [...]
Air NZ versus the French investigation
February 26, 2009 – 2:12 pm
Air New Zealand’s CEO, Rob Fyfe, is indignant that the French accident investigation bureau, the BEA, did not take the airline’s input into its preliminary findings concerning the crash of one of its A320s into the sea near Perpignan, on 27 November last year.
But why should it have done so? The purpose of the report [...]
Qantas ‘invades’ NZ with Jetstar
February 17, 2009 – 9:35 am
Although long anticipated, this morning’s announcement that Jetstar will invade the tiny New Zealand domestic market means it is backs-to-the-wall time for Air New Zealand.
To summarise bluntly, Qantas has wanted Air NZ either dead or stuffed or under its complete control for a long time. The ’stuffed’ scenario is looking strong today.
Air NZ domestic services [...]
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