It is the second leased 777 Air New Zealand is using. During a six-week period until early September, the airline has an ex-Singapore Airlines 777-200 on the Auckland Honolulu route as it works. Owing to blade cracking in the engines, Air New Zealand in 2018 altered schedules and dry-leased two Boeing 777-200ER from Singapore Airlines and a Boeing 777-300ER from EVA Air. As of June 2019, the airline was still waiting for the issue to be rectified and return the aircraft to service. Air New Zealand 777-200 seat map - Pictures & reviews of every seat with configuration seating chart for Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200ER seating plan showing best seats for NZ 777 which hold 312 passengers, 26 in Business 40 in Premium Economy and 246 in Economy.
Air New Zealand is grounding passenger flights on its Boeing 777 flights until April next year, as it plans for a slow gradual entry back into international travel.
Apr 16, 2020 Air New Zealand has outlined its plans to remove around 1,000 workers from its team in a bid to cut costs. The airline announced today that all of its Boeing 777 cabin crew would lose their jobs, along with a large portion of the Dreamliner team. In June 2004 Air New Zealand first announced it was buying four new Boeing 777-200ER and leasing another four to replace its medium-range Boeing 767-300 fleet. The cost of the four aircraft and the.
Chief revenue officer Cam Wallace told Executive Traveller that use of the 777 fleet would depend how quickly borders reopen.
The website is reporting an internal staff memo which confirms the 777s, which are a key part of the airline's long haul fleet, would not be used on passenger flights for a year.
Wallace also said orders for the latest model of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners have been pushed back slightly.
And while there has not been an announcement yet, the chances of starting the non-stop services to New York in October look slim.
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The airline is operating a skeleton service domestically and to a few overseas destinations, as well as freight services
It is steadily working through moves to make a third of its workforce redundant and so has so far been paid $70 million through the government wage subsidy scheme.
The airline has battened down hatches as it restructures and relies on a $900 million government loan to see it through the immediate future.
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