Press Releases

Business Traveler magazine has named Air New Zealand top airline for business class travel to the South Pacific, for the third year in a row.

The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will take off from Auckland airport next Tuesday (30 December 2008).

Travel between New Zealand and China is now easier with the launch of Air New Zealand’s non-stop service from Auckland to Beijing.

Air New Zealand has been named in a prestigious international industry publication as ‘Airline of the Year’ for 2010.

New Zealand’s national airline is helping the environment through new ‘green’ initiatives.

An Air New Zealand pilot has taken the kiwi ‘can-do’ reputation to extremes by spending four hours dangling 20 metres above a busy London street.

Love is in the air at Air New Zealand where they've just announced the world’s first ‘matchmaking flight’ – the trip of a life-time for those who’d travel the world for love or have ever felt sparks for the stranger in the middle seat.

Air New Zealand’s revolutionary ‘Skycouch’ – the economy seating that folds down into a bed - has won the Aviation category of Condé Nast Traveller's 2011 Innovation and Design Awards.

While Alice in Wonderland fans are flocking to cinemas to relive Lewis Carroll’s literary classic, a New Zealand tourist attraction has put a new twist on the legendary tale.

Kiwi rugby legend Dan Carter has become the leading points-scorer in test rugby having broken the world record during the All Blacks’ game against Wales in Cardiff.