WOW ....servicing China has been expensive
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/5...h-to-chinahtml
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WOW ....servicing China has been expensive
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/5...h-to-chinahtml
The company I work for has looked a couple of times at the options of flying Chinese workers between Argentina and China via NZ with AIR. It has never been a real option due to stopover times to some degree but more due to the difficult transit visa requirements for Chinese passport holders in NZ, particularly if you may need to change dates as we often do. Until those requirements are made easier and smoother, Luxton's dream of making Auckland a hub between China and South America will never happen.
So they continue to fly via Europe on longer flights with equally long stopever at times. Crazy really.
If your question relates to NZ being a hub between SE Asia and South America, then I disagree. I think it is potentially a big and profitable business for AIR but the regulatory frameworks with slots and competition in China and visa requirements in NZ make it impossible.
Luxon and his Prime Ministers Business Advisory Council don’t seem to be doing much for SME in New Zealand
However the main game was probably to get the PM to do things for big business like AIR ....that’s good for shareholders if she can make things happen
PS — The big boys like AIR, Fonterra and Bunnings going to double their spend and time on staff training by 2025 ...that’s a good start
The China operation is very much worthwhile for Air NZ and operationally it is profitable.
Cargo revenue generated via the route is, as I am told, not apportioned to the route itself however that aside the key issue is and always has been the time on the ground in PVG. Resolve this and you instantly will have a profitable route.
This was the very same issue that caused the Haneda pull out.