
Fare hikes tipped now Air NZ has LA route all to itself
Air New Zealand will soon have the monopoly on direct flights between Auckland and Los Angeles, say two leading travel agencies.
Air New Zealand will soon have the monopoly on direct flights between Auckland and Los Angeles, say two leading travel agencies.
Qantas will end flights from Auckland to Los Angeles in May as part of cost-cutting measures.
Qantas will give away 100,000 air tickets worth AU$20 million as its way of saying "sorry" to passengers it stranded by grounding its fleet last week.
The EPMU says the Qantas lockout has affected the handling of baggage from Air NZ flights into Australia.
Australian unions have condemned Qantas CEO Alan Joyce's decision to ground the airline's entire fleet.
Qantas has grounded its entire domestic and international fleets in an escalation of industrial action.
Thousands of Qantas passengers are expected to face flight cancellations and delays today, even though a union has called off a nationwide strike.