What's happening to the seat arrangement on inaugural NZ699?
Aug 25, 19, 4:14 pm
#31
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Programs: NZ Koru, Silver
Posts: 111
Impressive queues at security for NZ698 this morning. Koru lounge opened at 4.55am, and we were told to leave by 5.20am for security. Took 25 minutes and there were plenty in line after me. The free chocolates helped! No celebs as far as I could tell, but plenty of media filming and interviewing passengers.
Aug 25, 19, 4:20 pm
#32
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 5,519
Originally Posted by SilverTP
Impressive queues at security for NZ698 this morning. Koru lounge opened at 4.55am, and we were told to leave by 5.20am for security. Took 25 minutes and there were plenty in line after me. The free chocolates helped! No celebs as far as I could tell, but plenty of media filming and interviewing passengers.
That's almost getting close to ZQN levels of inefficiency and delays!
Aug 25, 19, 5:07 pm
#33
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Programs: NZ Koru, Silver
Posts: 111
One X-ray and metal detector, two people on scanning. Most people appeared to need scanning (including me). Apparently my high heels might have set off the detector (don’t think that they have done that before).
Aug 25, 19, 5:10 pm
#34
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,189
Originally Posted by SilverTP
One X-ray and metal detector, two people on scanning. Most people appeared to need scanning (including me). Apparently my high heels might have set off the detector (don’t think that they have done that before).
Aug 25, 19, 5:33 pm
#36
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
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Posts: 5,519
When you say two people on scanning are you meaning two standing there operating the metal detector? Most of the delays at ZQN (35 mins for me last Wed and 25 the previous Sat) are because they use a single xray and metal detector but only ever one have one Avsec staff member manning the metal detector which means every time it goes off the whole queue stops.
Proper process should be to have two staff so while one is doing the pat-down that others can continue to be screened.
Proper process should be to have two staff so while one is doing the pat-down that others can continue to be screened.
Aug 25, 19, 6:28 pm
#37
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Programs: NZ Koru, Silver
Posts: 111
Two on handheld scanners. This did hold up the queue as we had to wait while others who had set off detector were given the once-over. The two people immediately in front of me needed this treatment as well.
Aug 26, 19, 11:13 am
#39
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Programs: NZ Koru, Silver
Posts: 111
Much better this morning. Announcements encouraging those on NZ698 to proceed immediately through security, with food and beverages available once through (landslide cafe is closed). No queues at this stage. Koru lounge staff still encouraging guests to head through at 5:20.
Aug 26, 19, 7:57 pm
#41
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Wellington
Programs: AirNZ Airpoints Elite
Posts: 121
Originally Posted by SilverTP
Much better this morning. Announcements encouraging those on NZ698 to proceed immediately through security, with food and beverages available once through (landslide cafe is closed). No queues at this stage. Koru lounge staff still encouraging guests to head through at 5:20.
Lounge is post avsec in AKL so can’t fathom why staff pushing out.
Is the A/C & crew overnighting Invercargill?
Aug 26, 19, 8:18 pm
#42
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,189
Originally Posted by freemark
I must have missed something - this is at INV?
Lounge is post avsec in AKL so can’t fathom why staff pushing out.
Is the A/C & crew overnighting Invercargill?
