Air NZ To Introduce 11 More Flights A Week To Australia
Dow Jones
Monday September 22, 14:39 PM AEST
Air NZ To Introduce 11 More Flights A Week To Australia
WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Air New Zealand said Monday it will introduce 11 new flights a week between New Zealand and Australia, in a further sign of intensified competition on the trans Tasman route.
Some of the new flights, which start Oct. 29, will use Airbus A320 twinjet aircraft, with the first of 15 ordered by the airline having arrived last week.
The biggest increase in flights is to Melbourne with an additional six a week, Air New Zealand said in a statement. Sydney also gets another three flights and Brisbane gets two.
Last week Qantas Airways announced it was cutting trans Tasman fares and Virgin Blue unit Pacific Blue said it would start flying the trans Tasman route from February next year.
Those moves followed Air New Zealand announcing lower fares between Australia and New Zealand through the extension of its discount domestic business model to the trans Tasman route.
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