New Zealand Aviation NEWS

Air New Zealand in Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014  A 'Worst Year' For Airlines Otherwise Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014  Qantas,  Air New Zealand,  British Airways,  Cathay Pacific,  Emirates,  Etihad Airways,  EVA Air,  FinnAir,  Lufthansa  Singapore Airlines Air New Zealand has been recognised as one of the world's safest Airlines for passengers. AirlineRatings.com has recently released its list with Qantas taking the spot for the Airline with no fatalities on record. An Air New Zealand plane flies over houses in Mount Victoria as it approaches Wellington Airport, October 7, 2011. The Airline rating website said that Qantas has achieved several records in safety operations in its 94 years in the business. The company was lauded for being the world's most experienced Airline. The list of world's safest Airlines was based on the site's evaluation of the Airline company's history, incident ...

Virgin Yet To Join Etihad's New Alliance Club Etihad has unveiled plans to form its own Airline alliance with its partner Airlines to improve network, service and Frequent Flyer points for a more consistent experience, but local partner Virgin Australia has yet to join the group. Etihad Airway Partners founding members will include Airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, India's Jet Airways and Darwin Airline. Those are the carriers with which Etihad has the closest relationship. Etihad owns 21.2 per cent of Virgin and the Abu Dhabi based carrier's Australian born chief executive James Hogan sits on the board. However, Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines also have equity stakes in Virgin, making for a more complicated structure. Mr Hogan said Etihad Airways Partners was open to any airline, regardless of whether it was part of an existing alliance. Airberlin is a member of the oneworld alliance and there has been speculation Etihad could expand its existin...