The Board of Airlines Representatives of New Zealand supports a range of airlines including Air New Zealand and Jetstar. The Government needs to provide roughly $600 million in additional support to airlines in order to keep air links to New Zealand open while the country’s borders remain closed, an airline group says. In April the Government directed $600m to the aviation sector to support airlines and airports and protect supply chains. Ricky Wilson/Stuff Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand executive director Justin Tighe-Umbers says New Zealand is at risk of losing the few remaining international air links it has. “Our remaining air links simply cannot survive unsupported.

Source: Stuff January 26, 2021 22:35 UTC