Air New Zealand bowing out has given other Carriers a chance to step up. Kawerau logging contractor Jacob Kajavala is tipping his safety helmet to Air Chathams, one of the unlikely little Airlines that he believes will help keep rural New Zealand connected. Air Chathams, along with Sounds Air, will from April 28 pick up regional Air services to Westport and Whakatane that Air New Zealand is abandoning because it says they are uneconomic. Air New Zealand's decision has infuriated the Westland and eastern Bay of Plenty communities. Kajavala was one of the business owners who, along with the Whakatane District Council and the chamber of commerce, sought an operator to replace Air New Zealand on the Whakatane run. The answer was Air Chathams, an Airline that has quietly been servicing the Chatham Islands since Mt Cook Airlines quit that service 30 years ago. Kajalava, who regularly used Air New Zealand, said the loss of the service would have been disastrous and adde...

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Rescuers pull a Passenger out of the Trans Asia Airways ATR Plane which Crash Landed in a River in New Taipei City Airlines : TransAsia Airways  Aircraft : ATR 72 Plane ATR 72-600 Aircraft  City  :  New Taipei City TransAsia Chief Executive Apologizes After Air Plane Crashes into Taiwan river A TransAsia Airlines ATR 72 Air Plane carrying 58 people Crashed into a shallow river in Taipei, Taiwan, shortly after takeoff Wednesday morning, killing at least ... Dramatic dashcam footage in Taiwan shows a TransAsia Airways Plane scraping past a major highway moments before it careened into a shallow river. Reports are coming in that a TransAsia Airways Plane has Crashed in a Taipei river, injuring ten people.  TransAsia Plane Crashes in Taiwan river - rolling … are emerging of the rescue operation still underway. Rescuers pull a passenger out of the TransAsia Airways Plane which Crash landed in a river, in ... TransAsi...

The top 12 city pairs represent over 92% of all weekly seats provided between Australia and New Zealand, which has slightly increased from the 91% recorded for the same week last year. The 2,165 Kilometre sector between Sydney and Auckland has managed to maintain its top position in 2015, with weekly seat capacity between the two destinations having increased by 2%. A total of seven Airlines are serving this city pAir this January, the same number recorded in the corresponding week last year. Air New Zealand is the dominant operator serving the route, accounting for over 34% of weekly seats, followed by Qantas (25%) and Emirates (15%). Interestingly, LAN Airlines is also serving this city pAir as part of its daily Flights from Santiago to Sydney. Overall, the 2015 ranking is relatively stable with no new entrants in the top dozen since last January, although there have been movers in that time. Notably, the 2,232-kilometre sector from Sydney to Wellington provided 7.1% less week...

Ms Cho, who is a Daughter of Korean Air Chief Executive Cho Yang-ho who went into a Rage Trial Begins Korean Air Korean Air executive who went into a Rage Trial Begins The trial has opened in Seoul of the Korean Air executive who went into a rage when her macadamia nuts were served in a bag, rather than on a Plate. Heather Cho has been accused of violating Aviation safety laws and endangering passengers by ordering the plane back to the gate in New York as it taxied for Take Off. The "nut rage" incident occured on a Seoul-bound Flight on 5 December. The 40-year-old, who has been in custody for three weeks, has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructing Aviation safety. Ms Cho will face a maximum of 10 years in jail if found guilty of diverting the Aircraft with no good reason. She appeared in the packed courtroom wearing a green prison uniform, stood with her head lowered and answered questions in a whisper, the BBC reported. Ms Cho's lawyers arg...

Air NZ ditches MOA contract Air New Zealand's decision to drop Kiwi craft brewer MOA and serve only foreign-owned beer is a disappointing move from the national Carrier, a marketing expert says. Air New Zealand will stop serving beer and cider made by NZX-listed MOA on Flights and in Koru lounges just one year into a three-year contract. MOA chief executive Geoff Ross said Air New Zealand told the company it wanted to move to one beer supplier. With MOA being phased out by Air New Zealand, big brewer Lion Nathan - owned by Japanese beverage giant Kirin - becomes the Carrier's sole beer supplier. Evolve Marketing managing director Brandon Wilcox said it would be disappointing if Air New Zealand was supplied solely by Lion Nathan. "As the national Carrier I would expect Air New Zealand to support New Zealand brands rather than allowing themselves to be brought out by a multi-national brand," Willcox said. The Air New Zealand contract would have had ...