Does anyone know where I can check the availability of the Air NZ Discounted Business Class Fares (link below), and whether there is much general availability on the Houston, Chicago or New York route? https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/discounted-business-award-tickets I'm looking to go Sep-Nov someti...
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Anyone else watching this LATAM 787 coming in to land on FlightRadar24? Wild
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Hi all, I was notified last night my flight PER/AKL on 24/03 has now been subbed by the Wamos aircraft, lease has been extended. Luckily we are in Biz, currently i have reserved seats 1K and 2H, a staggered pair on the starboard window, front row and away from the loo on the other side. Anyone been...
Jump to post... The "terrible" express model that was introduced under Ralph Norris, but implemented by Rob Fyfe, has survived But will it continue to survive and thrive into the future? It was developed in a different era - multiple factors have changed, such as NZ's greater focus to target Australi...
Jump to postThe discussion about Business Class on short-haul narrowbody services is really depressing. Those of you who remember my old incarnation may well recall whom my “insider” was, and while he is long gone, I’m not going to name him here. But I was told in very clear terms that the Express Model was th...
Jump to postThe discussion about Business Class on short-haul narrowbody services is really depressing. Those of you who remember my old incarnation may well recall whom my “insider” was, and while he is long gone, I’m not going to name him here. But I was told in very clear terms that the Express Model was th...
Jump to postIn this article from yesterday about Qantas is to reconsider Chicago. Down near the bottom Alan Joyce mentions again that the AKL-JFK will complement and not be replaced by SYD- JFK once the project sunrise flights begins. I wonder if they will switch it to MEL- AKL - JFK it seems highly plausible....
Jump to postAround the time the A320 fleet went all economy I recall reading that typically on the routes ex WLG/CHC a single J seat might be sold, with any others only occupied with upgrades. Whether this was true, I don't know, but there's an opportunity cost to providing a separate J class cabin, and if the...
Jump to postI was talking about the international A320 sorry which initially had 8J 144Y I think it was in A 2-2 configuration in J. This was changed when they refitted the fleet which would have been 2009/10 or so. So it was tried twenty plus years ago, but then obviously Air NZ came to the conclusion that no...
Jump to postExpress is fine on domestic NZ routes. How much do they ‘need’ to compete for passengers for trans pacific services though? The 0900 ex AKL and 1700 arrivals to SYD/MEL/BNE are wide bodies and have been particularly to MEL/BNE for a long time. These are the ones that connect to the US services. Yes...
Jump to postWhat's the reason that Air NZ don't have some form of business or PE in the 321 fleet for Tasman and Pacific flights? If QF can maintain it surely there's something there for NZ too. The fact that NZ don't, it would be a huge surprise if they got LR versions of the 321 and put a different layout in...
Jump to postWhat's the reason that Air NZ don't have some form of business or PE in the 321 fleet for Tasman and Pacific flights? If QF can maintain it surely there's something there for NZ too. The fact that NZ don't, it would be a huge surprise if they got LR versions of the 321 and put a different layout in...
Jump to postFor NZ choosing a westbound hub , PER doesn’t make any more sense than say SIN or HKG where they could have more feed and local traffic whilst still offering a one stop on their own metal. Already you see the market for the A350ULH and 778 appears negligible and neither of these could do AKL-LHR ca...
Jump to postAll this discussion about LAX-LHR is missing the possibility that NZ could return to LHR down the line, non-stop from AKL. 10-15 years ago who'd have thought we'd have AKL-DXB/DOH/ORD/JFK - doesn't seem to be that far-fetched that AKL-LHR could become a reality. Very true. I had asked the question ...
Jump to postI would be interested in a discussion about the future Air New Zealand international network. In the pre-Covid era, Air NZ chose to take an idiosyncratic and ultimately unique approach to international network planning. Network planning and therefore fleet planning, which then impacts network decis...
Jump to postAt this stage I would argue that Air NZ should now be looking at how to get a US pre-clearance facility at AKL. It wouldn't help in terms of EWR, with Qantas already opening JFK, but it would carry the potential to make Air NZ a carrier of choice between Australia and LAX, SFO, DFW/IAH, ORD and HNL...
Jump to postThe simple matter with LHR was it didn’t fit the business model anymore. You could add an additional daily AKL-US service with the 2 77Ws freed up. HKG-LHR and AKL-PVG started in November 2006, PEK ran from 2008-12 while HKG-LHR was dropped in March 2013 having gone from a daily 744 to a 5 weekly 7...
Jump to postThe argument against AKL-LAX-LHR never made economic sense and it makes still less economic sense in this world of inflated premium airfares. It's a simple consequence of the smallness of the NZ market and the lack of corporate demand from the USA to NZ that yields on AKL-USA can never match yields...
Jump to postIf I recall correctly NZ maintained a crew base in London to operate the LHR-LAX rtn sectors. This might have proven too costly in the long run to justify the route? ding ding ding We have a winner. COULD Air NZ keep doing AKL-LHR? Sure. But it just didn't make economic sense when those aircraft co...
Jump to postI had doubts about QF going with the 787 to replace the A330’s due to delivery issues etc, but after just reading an article on Boeing and how they plan to hire thousands into their manufacturing plants… I have new hope. But it’ll come down to who has the best deal I reckon. Isn’t the CFO heading t...
Jump to postWow! Being next to the sea I would never have thought AKL would be a flood risk
Jump to postNot all of them. Quite a few of the purchase rights and options will have lapsed. Obviously, Boeing aren't going to allow a customer to access launch pricing forever. QF have no remaining options or purchase rights for B787s, and have not for years. An option reserves a specific place in the produc...
Jump to postQuestion - In 2005 Boeing and Qantas announced an agreement for 45 Dreamliners, with 20 options, plus purchase rights for an additional 50 aircraft. Totally 155 potential aircraft. Considering Qantas Group are only operating 22 787's (11 788's with Jetstar and 11 789's with QF), with only 3 more on...
Jump to postQuestion - In 2005 Boeing and Qantas announced an agreement for 45 Dreamliners, with 20 options, plus purchase rights for an additional 50 aircraft. Totally 155 potential aircraft. Considering Qantas Group are only operating 22 787's (11 788's with Jetstar and 11 789's with QF), with only 3 more on ...
Jump to postThey are certainly a massive airline for sure and the scale of them compared to NZ is staggering. I have an old colleague of mine who works as an airline consultant in the US who specialises in network and fleet management. He's convinced that DL is also looking at ATL-AKL, and the potential of ext...
Jump to postThe A359 to be used has 339 seats it's the largest aircraft in Delta's fleet. It's a huge commitment to start it up at daily from the get go. Imagine if NZ opened a brand new route with a daily service using their 77W it's a big step to take. A lot of seats to fill, UA and AA will be watching close...
Jump to postThis should make next summer interesting between here and the US/Canada with 7 carriers offering direct flights to 8 destinations : NZ: HNL, LAX, SFO, YVR, IAH, ORD, JFK HA: HNL AC: YVR AA: DFW DL: LAX QF: JFK UA: SFO Or another way to look at it: HNL x2 LAX x2 (but actually 3x since NZ will do dou...
Jump to postThis should make next summer interesting between here and the US/Canada with 7 carriers offering direct flights to 8 destinations : NZ: HNL, LAX, SFO, YVR, IAH, ORD, JFK HA: HNL AC: YVR AA: DFW DL: LAX QF: JFK UA: SFO NZ needs to HTFU and get it's new products flying. Late 2024 doesn't cut it. I'd ...
Jump to postLooks like Delta is finally confirmed for AKL-LAX. I'm surprised it's the A350. No confirmation yet on whether it's just seasonal or year round ( my money would be in seasonal, but we'll see) https://news.delta.com/delta-launches-first-ever-service-los-angeles-auckland-and-more-paths-popular-europe...
Jump to postI think they will lease in an additional WB. Zk- NBT recently mentioned that by around October they should have enough crew available to be able to operate an 8th 77W. The extra ATR will be for domestic and extra 320s could be a combination of short haul international and domestic. Maybe the soluti...
Jump to postPerhaps NZ could access additional WB through lease? I imagine demand is high given delays... but who knows? Given the current rate of growth in demand, they need to do something beyond waiting out the next 2-3 years for new deliveries. Can't see that the ATR is gonna nail it, myself, nor the 321, ...
Jump to postJetstar has been pretty stagnant with their A320 operation in the NZ market for 5 + years. They don't see it as any growth potential here unlike Air NZ. It's a bit of a shame as in my opinion I'm sure if they could add extra flights to have a better schedule, then there would be bums on seats. To y...
Jump to postInteresting.. Can the A339 make it or these will be A350 routes? My first time flying LAX-AKL was on a QF332, which has almost the exact same range as the 339, so I assume yes, unless that requires uneconomical restrictions. It was said in one of these Delta threads that a maxed out A339 would have...
Jump to postI suspect that is DL's hope... and also wouldn't be surprised if additional flights from ATL are added, with extensions to BNE and MEL via AKL With the routes added recently ATL-AKL isn’t probably to far fetched, the thing is what is the difference between ATL-AKL-SYD and ATL-LAX-SYD? I love Hotlan...
Jump to postDL to AKL wouldn’t be to surprising but great to see. I would go with a seasonal daily A339. I am actually a little surprised. AKL is smaller and more competitive than ports like BNE (which would also be in the range of the 332/339) and MEL. With VA abandoning DL, I would've thought it a priority t...
Jump to post... expect to hear news re DL LAX-AKL in the immediate future. Starting in NW this year. Will this be the nail in the coffin for any chance of the AA-QF JV re-launching AKL-LAX in the near future? I suspect that is DL's hope... and also wouldn't be surprised if additional flights from ATL are added...
Jump to postI am actually a little surprised. AKL is smaller and more competitive than ports like BNE (which would also be in the range of the 332/339) and MEL. With VA abandoning DL, I would've thought it a priority to address the main gaps in Australia left by VA? Nevertheless, great for AKL. There were rumo...
Jump to postDisagree about the A320NEO, we all know the story and its in a sense why this thread exists. Boeing were going to launch NSA because of the success of the A320(1) against 737NG, Airbus launched the NEO to stop that and it did. So Boeing launched the 737MAX but it was incapable of covering the whole...
Jump to postThe A330 was a reply to the success of the 767. The 787 was a reply to the success of the A330. The 777 was a reply to the A340 getting good orders at launch. The 737NG was a reply to the success of the A320. The A320NEO was a reply to the success of the 737NG. The 737MAX was a rush to stop the A32...
Jump to postSo what is the most "probable" MoM solution? An A322 stretch of the A321XLR, at the same Mtow, US transcon winter range will be a key factor. Or some kind of small wide body, or a NSA Boeing aircraft, but that won't hit home this decade? I'd say the stretch is the one! I think it depends ...
Jump to posthttps://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1468453&p=23570909#p23570909 Well here is a rumour, could DL launch LAX-AKL? Towards the end of the thread. It does have some merit imo at least seasonally and could be done with an A339. Interesting... although I'd rather see SEA-AKL I'd ...
Jump to postWhat's up with the Vietnam Airlines 787 parked at Wellington International terminal this morning?
Quite a pleasant sight
Wayne Brown trotting out the “we’re good at economic governance” tactic of asset sales for a sugar rush. Looking at selling Auckland’s stake in AIAL. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/130646072/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-looks-to-sell-2-billion-worth-of-airport-shares $2 bi...
Jump to postInteresting takeaway from the latest BITRE stats: Australia-ZQN carried 61k pax, beating Australia-CHC (51k) and Australia-WLG (42k). All numbers the total of both directions. Is that for just one month if so that's amazing how much bigger ZQN is. It will only grow further once the VA pax numbers a...
Jump to postNot exactly continuing the trend of the discussion, but after reading some other threads I had a though; Considering Delta no longer has a major partnership in the Australia/NZ region (REX is still relatively small + doesn’t fly to NZ at all), what are the chances that they begin flights on their o...
Jump to postFor anyone that’s interested, the outbound (AKL-JFK) fuel load is around 90-95,000kg. Interesting... so not going out with max fuel. Also just had a look on Flightradar24 for data on flight time for the AKL-JFK route. With approx 10 flights operated so far we can start to get an idea of realworld o...
Jump to postThey are here till 2027 currently. I wouldn’t be sure that they will commit much to the cabin, a refresh sure but nothing more. I agree they are young still and could fly for another 10 years easily if required. Why do you say 2030 ish for the 787-10? Who knows - maybe the 77W will be the new 763 a...
Jump to postIn other words, the same seat width as a 10 abreast 777. I did a crude calculation, taking the cabin width, knocking off 40 inches for two narrow aisles, and dividing the remainder by the number of seats. A350@9ab 20.1” 787@9ab 19.6” 777@10ab 19.1” A330@9ab 18.6” A350@10ab 18.1” Like I say, crude, ...
Jump to postIt’s runwaygirl network website. Did an exclusive with airbus on this I think Indeed, that was the one. If we take the 16,5 inch from Air Cariebes and divide those 4 inches over the 10 seat we arrive at 16,9 inches. With some squeezing of the arm rest and/or aisles 17 inches seat width should be fe...
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