Tag: Air New Zealand
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Air New Zealand Will Weigh Passengers Before They Board Flights
Air New Zealand will begin weighing passengers departing on international flights from the Auckland International Airport starting on July 2. The flag carrier said the programme, which the airline calls a passenger weight survey, is a way to gather data on the weight load and distribution for planes. Described as an ‘essential’ initiative, the survey…
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Air NZ Dreamliner Diverts To Hong Kong With Cracked Windscreen
An Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registration ZK-NZH, diverted to Hong Kong on Thursday after a windscreen was suspected of cracking inflight while operating NZ1082 from Christchurch for Guangzhou, China. According to the details, the Air New Zealand flight chose to divert to Hong Kong International Airport due to cracks in the windshield. As…
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Air New Zealand announced a significant downsizing
Air New Zealand (NZ) plans to ground their fleet of Boeing 777s for a year, and as a result plan to cut nearly 1000 cabin crew jobs from its international fleet. According to reports of Baaghi TV, this is to tackle what the airline is calling a ‘surplus’ of workers during the current travel downturn…