Photo / SuppliedAir New Zealand says it signed a deal with the Saudi Navy in May 2019 - four months before former chief executive Christopher Luxon left the airline. Luxon, now MP for Botany, said yesterday he had "no recollection" of any deal between the Air NZ subsidiary Gas Turbines and the Saudi military. Air New Zealand yesterday said it had ceased all work for the Saudi Navy and that it should not have happened and it won't be repeated. While the Saudi deal has just come to light, Air New Zealand in 2019 trumpeted work worth considerably more it had won with the United States Navy either side of the controversial contract. "This fourth contract win is a credit to the Gas Turbines team and further strengthens our more-than-20-year relationship with the US Navy.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 10, 2021 02:26 UTC