Air New Zealand Air Points - 2004 annual report tidbits

http://www.airnz.co.nz/resources/annual_report_2004.pdf

News report of result (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349101)

A320 to replace Freedom Air 737s (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350138)

Air NZ planned lounge upgrades (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350136)

From 2004 annual report, on long haul services "target international capacity is daily flights on all international routes."

Doesnt specify a timeframe, although all the other targets in same section refer to 2010. What long haul routes arent daily? AKL-Japan (apart from NRT)? AKL-SFO. CHC-LAX (when it starts). Any others?

Does this imply that if there isnt enough traffic on a route to support daily service it will be dropped?

Looking at self-check kiosks for international flights! Also internet (about time!) and WAP check in.

Transition expected to cost up to $10 million (presumably largely from advertising spend). Then expected to save $10-20m per year from "administration savings and improved yield on partnership arrangements"

Does this mean NZ will charge other carriers more? Or maybe we are going to get a lot less from non-airline partners?

B747-400 8
B777-200ER 8 future deliveries, 30 options
B7E7 2 future deliveries, 16 options
B767-300ER 9
B767-200ER 2
A320 8, 6 future deliveries, 20 options
B737-300 17
ATR 72-500 10, 1 future delivery
Saab 340A 17
Beech 1900D 16

* building strength from core out

From this slide I notice long haul shown to include Korea, China, Thailand. Maybe I am just reading too much into the diagram!!


* long haul yield (per RPK) about half that of short haul