Inside Air NZ's divorce from Virgin
By Bernard Hickey |
Air New Zealand's surprise split from Virgin Australia shows yet again why culture eats strategy for lunch. Nikki Mandow details the five factors behind the split.
By Bernard Hickey |
Air New Zealand's surprise split from Virgin Australia shows yet again why culture eats strategy for lunch. Nikki Mandow details the five factors behind the split.
By Rod Oram |
Rod Oram reports in his column this week on a growing mood at the top levels of New Zealand's business community for any new Government to create a climate commission and take sustainability seriously. Those calling for change include Air New Zealand's Christopher Luxon and Sir Rob Fenwick.
By Bernard Hickey |
The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into Air New Zealand 's flat credit card charge of NZ$4 per flight per person, concluding the charge was not misleading and Air New Zealand was not making an overall profit on the charges.
By Bernard Hickey |
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Statistics NZ has reported a 12% fall in the number of tourists arriving from China in October from a year ago because of a law change in China, but Auckland Airport has described the change as something of a blessing in disguise.
By Bernard Hickey |
The Government's announcement on Sunday it will sell around 220 million shares in Air New Zealand through a book-build to brokers and fund managers begs one question. Will the Government make a profit on the NZ$885 million it injected into Air New Zealand in 2002 to rescue it from bankruptcy?
By Bernard Hickey |
Meridian Energy shares were priced at NZ$1.50, which was the bottom end of the indicated range and means the Government will struggle to hit the lower end of its NZ$5 billion to NZ$7 billion target for asset sale proceeds.