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The crew members have been on furlough since June, having opted to stay connected to the airline rather than take redundancy. More than 4000 Air New Zealand workers have found themselves out of work since the start of the pandemic as the national carrier contracted by 30 per cent in an effort to ride out the crisis. Air New Zealand general manager cabin crew Leeanne Langridge said it was exciting to be able to offer cabin crew a position back with the airline. “We know these crew are really keen to get back on board, so it’s been heartwarming to make these phone calls before Christmas,” Langridge said.
“Air New Zealand, Jetstar and Virgin Australia seem to have thrown a dart at Sunday, 28 March.” Jetstar had pencilled in the first Queenstown touchdown with an 11:25am arrival scheduled from Melbourne, followed closely by another Melbourne arrival just after lunch flown by Virgin Australia.
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Independent economist Benje Patterson says pre-Covid, about 40,000 New Zealanders were in Australia on holiday at any one time. Then there are two Air New Zealand services in quick succession (from Melbourne and Sydney), a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney, and later that evening another Jetstar service from Sydney. Fares that day start from around $300. They will be the first scheduled international arrivals into Queenstown in more than 12 months.