Chief executive Greg Foran told media in New York this week that demand going into Christmas and bookings continued to remain incredibly robust. But the wet lease move is unlikely to go down well with staff. Pay increases to retain staff would be a "smidgen" of the costs of a wet lease, which could run into tens of millions of dollars for the summer period. Uberising flightsOne concept it is considering is how to uberise short domestic flights such as between Auckland and Hamilton using electric planes. At the moment the electric planes only stretch to a nine-seater due to the weight of the battery.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 15, 2022 13:44 UTC