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Probably, "flying" forward, VA (and new owners of VA) will not do this, as its cheaper to code share with AirNZ, and share costs between the 2, ie, between VA & AirNZ.
Bonza in a hiatus, or death now, would also be a lesson to VA, and its previous flights to HKG on large planes would also have taught them a lesson, about not getting too ambitous.
Mid range carrier and all that jazz.
Without having to pay flight crew expenses (pilots and inflight crew flying rates of pay, cleaning, or paying for more slots, etc), or buy more planes, or put their current planes on the flight route rotation to NZ.
They now also do not have any lounges of their own in the int terminals either, except ADL maybe quasi int and dom.
AirNZ from this will also pay less expenses, and the difference VAi will pay them, will save them (VAi) having to pay for unnecessary non core activities.
AirNZ will also gain, as the VA & AirNZ agreement, does not extend to say, AKL - US/Canada, so if a VAi flier wants to go to NZ then US/Canada, the flier has to be a member of Airpoint $.
No lounge expenses for the VAi sector, also means they (VA) saves $, just have to pay AirNZ for the VAi pax on the AirNZ planes, / loose a bit or revenue
AirNZ will also have a say, as to which of their flights will carry the VAi flight #.
To sum up, AirNZ will probably gain more from this than VAi will.
Not an even playing field, its skewed towards AirNZ.
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Not forgetting that QF also is crooked, in that they JQ NZ dom flights flying around NZ, where as VA doesnt.
QF now linking AirNZ flights into QFi to dom booking in NZ, not only with JQ NZ d which they own, but also can put pax onto AirNZ turbo prop small planes.
Bonza in a hiatus, or death now, would also be a lesson to VA, and its previous flights to HKG on large planes would also have taught them a lesson, about not getting too ambitous.
Mid range carrier and all that jazz.
Without having to pay flight crew expenses (pilots and inflight crew flying rates of pay, cleaning, or paying for more slots, etc), or buy more planes, or put their current planes on the flight route rotation to NZ.
They now also do not have any lounges of their own in the int terminals either, except ADL maybe quasi int and dom.
AirNZ from this will also pay less expenses, and the difference VAi will pay them, will save them (VAi) having to pay for unnecessary non core activities.
AirNZ will also gain, as the VA & AirNZ agreement, does not extend to say, AKL - US/Canada, so if a VAi flier wants to go to NZ then US/Canada, the flier has to be a member of Airpoint $.
No lounge expenses for the VAi sector, also means they (VA) saves $, just have to pay AirNZ for the VAi pax on the AirNZ planes, / loose a bit or revenue
AirNZ will also have a say, as to which of their flights will carry the VAi flight #.
To sum up, AirNZ will probably gain more from this than VAi will.
Not an even playing field, its skewed towards AirNZ.
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Not forgetting that QF also is crooked, in that they JQ NZ dom flights flying around NZ, where as VA doesnt.
QF now linking AirNZ flights into QFi to dom booking in NZ, not only with JQ NZ d which they own, but also can put pax onto AirNZ turbo prop small planes.
