Air New Zealand is promising that the coming year will be an “exciting” one for customers because fares will be the cheapest than EVER BEFORE.
The airline’s Chief Executive, Christopher Luxon shared the news during the release of the airline’s financial results this week (the second highest profit in the airline’s history if you missed it).
He said with domestic jet capacity to grow by 3-5 percent over the next year and regional turboprop capacity to gr0w by 5-7 percent, Air New Zealand could offer “more cheap fares than ever”.
“One of the benefits of a growing Air New Zealand is more opportunities than ever for Kiwis to snap up a bargain. In 2019, we will offer more than 2.9 million seats for travel in New Zealand for under $100.”
Air New Zealand Chief Executive Christopher Luxon
This coming year will also see the launch of new direct services to Chicago and Taipei from November, and new services to Brisbane from both Wellington and Queenstown from December.
There will also be a new third daily service added to the Auckland-Singapore route in partnership with Singapore Airlines.
The airline is expecting to receive delivery of 10 Airbus A320/321 NEO aircraft with Air New Zealand the first airline to fly the Airbus NEO in Australasia.
Two Boeing 787-9 aircraft with increased premium cabin space and next-generation Rolls-Royce TEN engines will also join the fleet.
The carrier also announced the order of seven Airbus A321 NEO aircraft, with phased delivery expected from 2020 to 2024. They will be deployed on high demand routes to support further domestic growth.