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June 2013
  • Jun
    19
    Air New Zealand Premium Economy cabin wins big at Skytrax Awards

    Air New Zealand’s Premium Economy Class has taken top honours overnight at the prestigious 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards, sweeping the board in all three Premium Economy categories.

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  • Jun
    11
    Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand enter into new $20 million partnership

    Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) valued at more than $20 million, in a one year partnership to undertake joint marketing activity promoting travel to New Zealand in selected international markets.

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  • Jun
    5
    Air New Zealand and Turkish Airlines sign code share agreement

    Air New Zealand has signed a code share agreement with Star Alliance partner Turkish Airlines, providing Air New Zealand customers with new flight options to the exciting European hub of Istanbul.

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May 2013
  • May
    17
    Air New Zealand Fairy to be showcased among the best at Google conference

    Air New Zealand continues its leadership in the digital space teaming up with Google to showcase its Air New Zealand Fairy website at Google’s annual developer conference - Google I/O - in San Francisco.

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  • May
    9
    Major milestone for Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9 programme

    The first of Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft to be constructed has achieved a major milestone this week with the arrival of the first major part of the new aircraft at Boeing’s Everett factory in Seattle three weeks ahead of schedule.

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April 2013
  • Apr
    22
    Air New Zealand enhances the customer experience for travel to North America

    Air New Zealand passengers can look forward to a better ground experience at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), including a much improved transit process.

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  • Apr
    10
    Air New Zealand wins global sustainable tourism award

    Air New Zealand has taken top honours at the 2013 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, recognising sustainable tourism global best practice.

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March 2013
  • Mar
    21
    Air New Zealand most attractive employer for third consecutive year

    Air New Zealand has been inducted in to the Randstad Awards Global Hall of Fame after being named the country’s most attractive employer for a third consecutive year - the first time an organisation anywhere in the world has won the prestigious accolade three times in a row.

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  • Mar
    7
    Air New Zealand appoints new GM Customer Experience

    Air New Zealand has appointed Calum Laming to the newly created role of General Manager Customer Experience.

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  • Mar
    7
    Air New Zealand ‘Bears All’

    Air New Zealand has released never before seen footage of the making of its ground breaking in-flight safety video Bear Essentials of Safety, featuring celebrity adventurer Bear Grylls, and filmed entirely in the outdoors on New Zealand’s world-renowned Routeburn Track.

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  • Mar
    1
    The Bear Essentials of Safety another global hit

    More than 1 million people have already viewed Air New Zealand’s latest onboard safety video the Bear Essentials of Safety online.

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February 2013
  • Feb
    28
    Air New Zealand’s half year earnings up more than 300 percent

    Air New Zealand has lifted its normalised earnings before taxation for the first half of the 2013 financial year by more than 300 percent. Normalised earnings before taxation were $139 million, up from $33 million in the previous corresponding period. Statutory net profit after taxation increased $62 million to $100 million.

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  • Feb
    27
    Celebrity adventurer stars in Bear Essentials of Safety video

    Air New Zealand has set a new benchmark for airline safety videos by teaming up with adventurer Bear Grylls to create a ground breaking piece of content filmed in the wild.

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  • Feb
    22
    Air New Zealand recognised in international airline awards

    Air New Zealand has been recognised as amongst the best in the world for getting passengers to their destinations on time.

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January 2013
  • Jan
    25
    Air New Zealand recognised in global sustainable tourism awards

    Air New Zealand has been named a finalist in the 2013 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards which recognise sustainable tourism best practice in businesses and at destinations.

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  • Jan
    18
    Air New Zealand names new Chief People Officer

    Air New Zealand has appointed Lorraine Murphy as Chief People Officer, effective March 4.

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  • Jan
    10
    Air New Zealand highly ranked amongst world’s safest airlines

    Air New Zealand has been named in the top three airlines in the world from a safety perspective.

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