- Air New Zealand -

Founded: April 26, 1940 as Tasman Empire Airways. Later titled Air New Zealand in April 1, 1965.

Air New Zealand Today: National carrier providing international connections, together with domestic services under affiliate New Zealand National. Selected domestic flights by subsidiary Air New Zealand Link.

Main hubs at Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Los Angeles, Seattle and Honolulu.

Associate Airlines: Air New Zealand Link, Air Nelson, Eagle Air and Mount Cook Airlines.

Major share holders: Brierley Investments(41.6%). Qantas(19.4%).

Code shared(routes) alliances with: Eva Air, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Manderin Airlines, Polynesian Airlines, Qantas, Air Pacific, Delta Airlines, Midwest, Northwest, LAN Chile, Lufthansa, South Africa, USair and Virgin Atlantic.

Destination Cities: Adelaide, Anchorage, Athens, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels,
Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Chicago, Colombo, Copenhagen, Denpasar, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Kaohsiung(Air New Zealand Asia), Lisbon, Los Angeles, Macau, Male, Manila, Milan, Nairobi, Nice, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tahiti, Taipei[by Eva Air(shared code)/Mandarin Airlines(shared route; code)/or Air New Zealand Asia], Tokyo and Vienna.

Annual Revenue: USD$ 1,800 million.

Passengers: 6.4 million.

Cargo: N/A.

Employees: 8,070.

Air New Zealand Fleet:
Airbus A318-100 (10).
Airbus A319-200 (2).
Airbus A320-200 (7).
Airbus A321-200 (7).
Beechcraft B1900C(11).
Beechcraft B1900D(7).
Boeing 737-200adv (13).
Boeing 737-200B (5).
Boeing 747-400(5).
Boeing 747-400F(2).
Boeing 767-200(ER/Extended Range)/(5).
Boeing 767-300(ER)/(6).

-- VFG