Air New Zealand has predicted a wider pre-tax loss of up to $NZ530m million for the 2022 financial year due to COVID lockdowns in Australia. The Kiwi carrier had previously predicted that its annual loss before tax and extraordinary items would be no more than $NZ450m but that was before the New Zealand government […]
“It s all been extremely hard,” Morrall said.
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Air New Zealand has been using its 787-9 to service long-haul routes. She booked the flights hoping to reunite with family and hold a service for her mother. “Part of me knew it was a bit of a gamble booking that far out.” She said she felt as though the pandemic had been improving as vaccinations rates increased, and had her name down to be vaccinated, ideally before her planned trip. She was considering flying an alternative route and may return to Canada for several months to spend time with her father.
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Air New Zealand is bringing back long-haul routes it suspended in early 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and is increasing frequencies on the few long-haul services it has been operating.
From October 31 to December 31 the national carrier has added flights from Auckland to San Francisco, Vancouver, Honolulu, and Singapore.
It is also adding a Christchurch-Singapore route to its schedule, a route it did not fly pre-pandemic.
Air New Zealand general manager networks Scott Carr said services were subject to change in line with global travel and border restrictions.
“As much as we wish the addition of the long-haul flights to our schedule meant the reopening of the borders, unfortunately, it does not,” Carr said.
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