Irene King on Air NZ's Price Hike & Gender-Specific Seating on Flights

Leah Panapa talks to aviation expert Irene King about Air NZ's price hike & gender-specific seating on flights.

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[HunkyMan]

I am sick of businesses using the pandemic excuse. Just admit they are greedy for screwing over customers

[kiwiingrid]

We seriously need domestic competition in this country. Monopolies only every serve one company.

[Edgycoo]

air nz has absolutely always been the worst pricing ever. I have flown around the world and if you are choosing air nz you are by all means getting a raw deal. Always choose another carrier if you can.

[davidyardley]

Air New Zealand have dined out on a monopoly for years. They have taken the NZ public for granted and made it virtually impossible to get from regional South Island to regional North Island for example.

[TonyWhite-xc]

Air NZ screw their locale sector customers ( captive audience).
I believe that their local market 1:11 ket is proping up Air NZ loss making international sectors.
Exampled in the recent cock ups to the USA.
Air NZ want to be all things to all travellers.
Stick with the pacific rim and be an exemplar in this region only.
Southern China, Cathay, Singapore and Emrates are always streets ahead in all that they do.
Air NZ cannot cannot compete with this.
Stop trying and give your local customers a better deal.

[dennis-qubs]

Soon there will be Tangata Whenua only seating.

[andyox-grgy]

What about checking wether or not you sitting next to somebody who has half there bum in your seat

[pgreen]

Air new Zealand is a monopoly so we dont have any choice .yet the government says they don't like monopoly business models but never intervene. They are the major share holder so the sre being disingenuous

[leecmwilliams-august]

We flew to OZ a couple of years ago.. pajd for the works.. flight home..meal was a mince and cheese pie, fruit tub an... d small peice of loaf.. a stupid mince pie... never again...

[paulthomson]

Napier and Hastings is the 6th largest population centre in New Zealand last time I looked. Not exactly a small place?

[rolytnz]

I'd prefer to know if I was sitting next to an obese sweaty person on a flight ahead of time so I could change my seat.

[mikewilliams]

I used to be proud of our national carrier. Not anymore

[Geoff-luqv]

Worst ever airline. Due to multiple cancellations we recently took four days to get from Gold Coast back to Christchurch. Their pathetic refunds don’t cover anywhere near the true costs involved for cabs, accomodation and meals. They’re officially a joke.

[gordoncooke]

Like luxon they care nothing for the regions, served with a big bowl of word fruit salad, just another tax.

[desmondfrost]

Desmond here I am a born and breed new Zealand we I am sick and tired of all this moaning just shop around if you think air new Zealand is to expensive what part do people not understand

[buzzlite]

It's a business not a public charity. Travel by air is not a public right.

[kiwicam]

Are these inflation adjusted comparisons? Money ain't worth what it used to be.

[barrygeary]

Air Nz has to recover the losses Luxon created for them millions

[hariseldon]

I am non-binary (woke up like that this morning, go figure!), if I had booked yesterday... Incidentally, mixing up "SEX" and "GENDER" is a common mistake which we need to avoid.