Aviation Industry Association CE Simon Wallace, featured on RNZ this week. Felix Walton reports: Tickets for some Air New Zealand flights could be more expensive next year, with the airline running fewer flights on some domestic routes.
Concern grows over Air NZ’s potential price hikes, less flights next year by Felix Walton, RNZ
Tickets for some Air New Zealand flights could be more expensive next year, with the airline running fewer flights on some domestic routes.
Authorities and businesses in Gisborne and Rotorua fear the changes, though temporary, could stunt their growth.
Aviation Industry Association chief executive Simon Wallace attributed the need for cuts to the changing business landscape.
“When it comes to business travel and certainly when it comes to business travel at a domestic level, we’ve got Zoom, we’ve got Teams,” he said.
“I think of my own personal circumstances. I’m not travelling as much within New Zealand so the way that business has done has certainly changed.”
That reduced demand was forcing a shake-up, and it was not just Air New Zealand.
“We haven’t just seen Air New Zealand do it actually, we’ve seen some of the other smaller airlines like Sounds Air, for example, having to look at the way they’re operating their services and where they’re operating services,” Wallace explained.
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