AIR - Air NZ.

**GR8DAY** · 24-06-2016, 10:04 AM

..........golly gosh could things ACTUALLY be falling into place finally.....neck minute that SPECIAL DIVY announced???

**777** · 24-06-2016, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

On another note. I do not understand why AIR is not marketing their Buenos Aires route more as 1 of 2 things:
1: An alternative route for Kiwis to go to Europe, via BA
2: An alternative route for Chinese going via Auckland rather than Europe as they do now

From what I have seen (frequent traveler) , they have had very good loads from the beginning on this route but I do see a big drop in loads beyond southern hemisphere summer. So why not get some of the traffic from NZ & AUS to Europe in the northern hemisphere summer, travelling through this route. I have just had a ticket search for me by a travel agent going from NZ-Europe-Argentina-NZ with preference to be on AIR or other Star Alliance partners. They came up with lots of options but not via BA. I will end up going through Houston (probably would have gone LA so no benefit for AIR), then Lufthansa to Frankfurt and BA before AIR back to NZ. But the other options AIR gave me were really bad connections and did not include BA. They need to get the S into G. They are completely failing to utilise this route

BA is not Star Alliance which possibly explains connection issue.

**Biscuit** · 24-06-2016, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by 777

BA is not Star Alliance which possibly explains connection issue.

I think BA = Buenos Aires in this case

**777** · 24-06-2016, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Biscuit

I think BA = Buenos Aires in this case

Silly me. That should EZE things.

**Biscuit** · 24-06-2016, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by 777

Silly me. That should EZE things.

Made the same mistake myself on first read!

**Zaphod** · 24-06-2016, 12:25 PM

AirNZ also do not actively market an alternative route via YVR. Various options with AC exist, and about a year ago, Air NZ itself applied for various rights to allow them to on-fly from YVR to Europe. Nothing further has heard of the latter.

**Tony Two Gloves** · 24-06-2016, 02:45 PM

Lots or red arrows on my watch list with the only green being HBL as it looks like BREXIT will probably happen.

What will this mean for the AIR SP? I want some more but can't bring myself to pull the trigger especially as the Dow Futures are down about 360 points at the moment so there will be some serious selling going on over the next few days. Looks like its the sidelines for me for a couple of days....