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Targeted fees-free retraining scheme tipped for Budget
It is difficult for mid-career people who lose their jobs to go back to study.
Air NZ: What flying will be like in level 2
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Shane Jones' message to Air NZ: Don't just target the little people
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Dunedin connections back on Air NZ schedule
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Passengers were forced to break their bubble on the international Air New Zealand flight.
Air NZ cancels hordes of domestic flights as it releases new level 2 schedule
Social distancing means the airline will not offer cut-rate fares.
Air NZ pilots take 30% pay cut, 300 laid off
Union wins deal allowing pilots a route back to the flight deck when conditions improve.
Airfare warning: Why ticket prices could skyrocket
Restrictions will make it difficult for airlines to make money.
Out-of-work NZ flight attendants turn to strip clubs
Calendar Girls offers incentives to dancers who perform in old flight attendant uniforms
Air NZ donates 8000 unused blankets to charities
Six charities have been donated blankets to keep people, and animals, warm this winter.
Locked down: The four weeks that changed NZ forever
No one who lived through it will ever forget the great New Zealand lockdown of 2020.
Air NZ at 80 - almost back to where it started
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NZ and Oz are 'beating the crap' out of Covid-19 and should bubble up: Winston Peters
Deputy PM also has a strong views about what 'belly up' Air NZ must do in regions
No demand at Queenstown so no flights, Govt says
Queenstown Airport wants the chance to restart flights at level 3.
Out of the carnage: Signs of life in airline industry
Some increase in demand but more than 160 airlines grounded as industry bleeds cash.
Sir John Key gets keys to luxury $6m pad - and lists it the next day
'It's an exclusive block,' the real estate agent said. 'They never really come up.'
Why Air NZ is refunding some customers but giving credit to others
One customer received a refund of $11,800 for a flight via the US. Here's why.
Wellington City Council pledges support to airport
Wellington City pledges to take part in bailout of airport similar to Air NZ deal.
Air NZ to test all international crew and airport staff
Tests will also be offered to other companies with employees at the airport.
Air NZ refuses to update number of cabin crew who have tested positive
As Qantas cabin crew threaten over alleged mishandling, Air NZ won't give Covid numbers.
Crews cut, planes grounded: Air NZ details more plans
The airline has claimed more than $70 m in wage subsidies. 777 fleet grounded into 2021.
Comment: Air NZ pilot layoffs - there is a better way
I don't envy Greg Foran's position, but I think he is making a mistake.
Special report: Air NZ flight attendant possible origin of wedding cluster
Airline crew member is a focus of inquiries to the origin of the biggest Covid-19 cluster.
The New New Zealanders: How our lives will change after a time of coronavirus
Some of the change we face in the next year will be tough. Some will be lovely.
Air New Zealand job cuts rushed, poorly planned, says union
National airline risks destroying the company with rushed redundancies, E tū says.
Union calls for brakes on Air NZ plans to axe nearly 1500 cabin crew
Union says the airline risks it reputation by speed of the process
'Wild West': Armed guards protect PPE to get it to NZ
One supplier is bringing 500 tonnes of PPE to New Zealand on five chartered flights.
Grounded airlines: The special Air NZ flights that are going places
What the airline does to get extraordinary flights off the ground.
Taking flight: Air NZ pilots in firing line as planes grounded
Airlines last year were desperate to recruit pilots - now they're racing to let them go.
Coronavirus: Air NZ flight carrying thousands of masks touches down
The plane landed direct from Shanghai carrying PPE equipment for the front line.
Lift-off: Air NZ repatriation flight to Germany leaves Auckland
The airlift of stranded tourists picks up pace as airlines make extraordinary journeys.