Air New Zealand hikes international fares by up to 5%
Jun 10, 2018, 10:20 pm
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Air New Zealand hikes international fares by up to 5%
Some long-haul fares will be pushed up by more than $100 and the airline is blaming the increases on higher operating costs. The increases come into force from Thursday.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business-...lery_id=194279
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business-...lery_id=194279
Jun 20, 2018, 8:20 am
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I just flew NZ 6 AKL-LAX and then onward elsewhere.
Departure was mayhem and I have my opinion on who to blame and it's not NZ, but given this thread is about an additional cost on some fares, I'm going to guess or suggest that some or all of the cost might be to pay for a new procedure NZ had to introduce to meet the demands of some new U.S. policy.
I had no idea about this stuff until I arrived for the flight.
According to staff, when the new rules came into place 3 weeks ago regarding flights to the U.S., NZ had to spend money to meet these requirements, some of which included moving departing flights to pier B (e.g. gates 16-18) which for some people was easily a 20 minutes walk from the lounge.
Further, NZ has to pay to hire all these new security screeners, all contract workers, and even though I don't live in NZ, I was not amused.
I don't know if this is where the higher costs are coming from. Perhaps someone else here does know or can speculate.
Departure was mayhem and I have my opinion on who to blame and it's not NZ, but given this thread is about an additional cost on some fares, I'm going to guess or suggest that some or all of the cost might be to pay for a new procedure NZ had to introduce to meet the demands of some new U.S. policy.
I had no idea about this stuff until I arrived for the flight.
According to staff, when the new rules came into place 3 weeks ago regarding flights to the U.S., NZ had to spend money to meet these requirements, some of which included moving departing flights to pier B (e.g. gates 16-18) which for some people was easily a 20 minutes walk from the lounge.
Further, NZ has to pay to hire all these new security screeners, all contract workers, and even though I don't live in NZ, I was not amused.
I don't know if this is where the higher costs are coming from. Perhaps someone else here does know or can speculate.
Jun 20, 2018, 1:26 pm
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Secondary screening has occurred to the US for many years now. This started off with randomly selected pax from a paper list and then moved onto those were those who got the the dreaded SSSS on their boarding pass.
The new changes for the US came in in April when AIAL finished all their extension to support this. All passengers are subject to secondary screening by private security contractors to meet the US requirements. There have been a few mentions on here about it.
Boarding at AKL can a nightmare at the best of times, and the reason there has probably been very few mentions of the "mayhem" is because it isn't really that different from the norm.
As for "paying for the security" you pay for security regardless and much of it is just hidden in taxes - just be thankful that taxes flying to the US are still around 25% cheaper than flying to Australia.
The new changes for the US came in in April when AIAL finished all their extension to support this. All passengers are subject to secondary screening by private security contractors to meet the US requirements. There have been a few mentions on here about it.
Boarding at AKL can a nightmare at the best of times, and the reason there has probably been very few mentions of the "mayhem" is because it isn't really that different from the norm.
As for "paying for the security" you pay for security regardless and much of it is just hidden in taxes - just be thankful that taxes flying to the US are still around 25% cheaper than flying to Australia.
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Jun 26, 2018, 10:41 pm
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