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Air New Zealand

Finalists for 2023 Crystal Cabin Awards represent the future of passenger comfort

3 May 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

What does it take to bring comfort to the skies as air travel rebounds? The 21 finalists for the 2023 Crystal Cabin Awards offer insight into what it will take to to make air travel more safe, connected and comfortable.

This story is about: A350, Adient Aerospace, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AirFi, AirFi LEO, Airspace, AIX23, Allegris, Boeing, business class, CCA23, Collins Aerospace, crew rest, Crystal Cabin Awards, Diehl Aviation, economy class, HBCplus, lie-flat beds, Lufthansa Group, premium cabin, seating, seats, SkyNest, Skyted, Thales Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

United plans major growth for Australia, New Zealand

18 April 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

United Airlines will dramatically boost capacity to Australia and New Zealand later this year, aiming to take advantage of a rebound in international travel and strengthening partnerships along the way.

This story is about: Air New Zealand, AKL, antitrust imunity, ATI, Auckland, Australia, BNE, Brisbane, CHC, Christchurch, joint venture, LAX, Los Angeles, MEL, Melbourne, New Zealand, routes, San Francisco, SFO, SYD, Sydney, United Airlines, Virgin Australia Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Star Alliance, HSBC launch an Australian credit card

15 November 2022 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

The new Star Alliance credit card, first teased in May of this year, is now live in Australia. Launched in partnership with HSBC, the first of its kind co-brand credit card allows members to earn Star Alliance Points and elite status with seven partner airline loyalty programs.

This story is about: Air Canada, Air New Zealand, alliances, Australia, awards, credit card, credit cards, elite status, EVA, HSBC, points, rewards, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Star Alliance, Thai Airways, United Airlines, Virgin Australia, Visa Filed Under: Loyalty

Qantas returns to New York City, via Auckland

25 August 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Qantas is poised to return to New York City from mid-2023. But rather than connecting in Los Angeles, as was scheduled prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, passengers will now connect in Auckland before the 16 hour trip to JFK.

This story is about: 787-9, Air New Zealand, AKL, Auckland, awards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, JFK, JFK Airport, New York City, points, Qantas, rewards, routes, SYD, Sydney Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, Seats & Cabin

Additional details, images for Air New Zealand’s new Business Premier Luxe, SkyNest seats

27 June 2022 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

A rendering of the new Air New Zealand Business Premier Luxe seat

After five years of design and development work, the new Air New Zealand business class cabin is expected to formally launch this week. This includes the new Business Premier Luxe offering in the bulkhead row, and SkyNest sleeping bunks for economy class passengers

This story is about: 787-9, Air New Zealand, business class, Business Premier Luxe, economy class, lie-flat beds, Safran, Safran Seats, seating, seats, SkyNest Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Air New Zealand to launch Business Premier Luxe on reconfigured 787s

29 March 2022 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

The new Air New Zealand Business Premier seat offers an 80.5

Look for a new business class seat flying on Air New Zealand in the months ahead. It includes an option dubbed “Business Premier Luxe” at the front of the business class cabin.

This story is about: 787-9, Air New Zealand, business class, lie-flat beds, premium cabin, regulations, seating, seats, suites Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Air-to-ground networking coming in New Zealand

16 December 2020 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

New Zealand could be the next country to bring a dedicated air-to-ground (ATG) in-flight connectivity network online. Engineering work is almost complete to develop a trial site for the SkyFive ATG platform in the country.

This story is about: Air New Zealand, air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, EAN, European Aviation Network, gogo, Gogo 5G, GX Aviation, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Inmarsat, New Zealand, PaxEx, SkyFive, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Cutting connections: Reviewing the connected aircraft retirements

20 July 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Hundreds of aircraft rapidly retired from service. Hundreds more shifted into limbo, unclear of when they might fly again. The news no longer surprises, though some of the retirements bring about a sense of loss. For inflight connectivity vendors the impact is more than a sense of loss, however, as it maps to real revenue shortfalls with the aircraft removed from service.

This story is about: 2Ku, Air France, Air New Zealand, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Eurowings, Global Eagle, Global Eagle Entertainment, gogo, GX, GX Aviation, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Inmarsat, KLM, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, PaxEx, premium cabin, Qatar Airways, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Air travel is bouncing back: Can the trend hold??

15 June 2020 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

The restart is on. While the past few weeks have seen offerings and traffic slowly begin to rise this week the pace is clearly shifting, with the US and Europe hitting a number of milestones.

This story is about: Air France, Air New Zealand, British Airways, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, Europe, JetBlue, middle seat, Pegasus Airlines, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, TSA, Turkey, Turkish Airlines Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, Ground Services, Seats & Cabin

Slivers of normalcy: Air New Zealand lounges reopening

25 May 2020 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Demand for air travel is up significantly in New Zealand, though still massively below 2019 levels. And now some passengers will have a slightly more comfortable travel experience as the carrier’s airport lounge network begins to reopen.

This story is about: Air New Zealand, ancillary, ancillary fees, ancillary revenue, distribution, Koru Club, Lounge, lounges, middle seat, New Zealand Filed Under: Distribution, Ground Services

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