Air New Zealand company is the flag carrier airline of New Zealand. It is based in Auckland and operates scheduled passenger flights to twenty domestic and 30 international destinations. The airline operates in 18 countries, primarily around and within the Pacific Rim. The Air New Zealand became a member of the Star Alliance in 1999

Air New Zealand served the international routes until the year 1978. The same year, the government merged it and the domestic New Zealand National Airways Corporation into a single airline. It then got its name, 'Air New Zealand.' The airline company was founded on 26 April 1940 and it commenced operations on 1 April 1965. The route of this airline company focuses on Australasia and the South Pacific. It also has long-haul flight services to eastern Asia and North America. Auckland Airport is the airline company's central hub in the southern part of Auckland's urban area.

History

The Tasman Empire Airways Limited was rebranded as Air New Zealand on 1 April 1965. There was an international agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

TEAL began operating weekly flights from Auckland to Sydney following World War 2. It then also added Wellington and Fiji to its routings. In 1953, New Zealand and the Australian governments purchased 50% stakes in TEAL. There was an increased range of the Douglas DC-8s, the airline's first jet aircraft. Thus, Air New Zealand began transpacific services to Asia and the United States with Honolulu and Los Angeles in 1965.

National Airways Corporation in 1978, and one of its subsidiaries, Safe Air, merged into Air New Zealand to form a single national airline. Thus, Boeing 737 and Fokker F27 joined New Zealand's fleet alongside DC-10 and DC-8 airliners. The airline company potentially became a member of the Star Alliance in March 1999.

Merger with Ansett

Air New Zealand announced that it had chosen to acquire the entirety of Ansett Transport in 2000.

21st century.

In 2001, Air New Zealand was re-nationalized under the rescue plan of the government, wherein the government had an 82% stake. Thus, it received new leadership. Later in the year 2002, Air New Zealand reconfigured its domestic operations under a very low-cost airline business plan. The career company was soaring high in 2003; it reported a net profit of $NZ165.7 million for that year. Through 2004 and 2005, the carrier saw increasing profits. In 2004, New Zealand announced a re-launch of their long-hail product, featuring new seats in the premium economy, economy class and business class cabins.

Head office

The main office, or 'the Hub,' is a 15,600-square meter office located at the corner of Beaumont and Fanshawe streets in Auckland. This central office has six-level buildings which are connected. Building and developing buildings cost around $60 million New Zealand dollars.

Subsidiaries

The Air New Zealand Cargo is the only current subsidiary of the Air New Zealand Limited. The airline company further went ahead and owned the regional airline's Mount Cook Airline, Eagle Airways and Air Nelson.