Air New Zealand is diverting an Auckland to Tokyo flight via Brisbane to pick up a business delegation.
The group was travelling with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon when they became stranded in Papua New Guinea.
“It’s pretty complex operationally,” Air New Zealand Chief Executive Greg Foran said.
“We have some advantage in that we’ve got a fleet of 100 planes, so we can move things around.
“It’s good that we can help out.”
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Watch an absolute joke. New Zealand is fast becoming the ‘third world’ the same thing happened during the ASEAN summit Melbourne in March. The NZ PM was a day late and miss critical meetings. That’s why world leaders laugh when NZ talks about becoming more involved in global policy development. No one including Australia’s Political class takes them seriously anymore.
Would the high rev J pax be bumped and receive compensation like QF DXB 388 issirs years ago for Alan Joyce to get preferential treatment?
I waited 48 hours in DXB and they paid hotel but nothing else.
Typical
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You mean WORLD LEADERS don't normally fly COMMERCIALLY but in GOVERNMENT PLANES
At least the NZ Prime Minister didn’t take a private jet and his delegation took another.
Baldy from NZ looks like a mens club regular 😂
Hey bro you're beached as
They're all scrambling their lies
maybe they need new planes
I don’t have a problem with that.
Dump fuel? What about the environment? Or perhaps they will dump it "outside of the environment"?
It’s not unreasonable. But I question why they can’t pump/drain fuel back out of the aircraft. It IS 2024 after all! Even in PNG!
NZ can't even look after its PM's airplane, yet wants to join Aukus and take on China. 😂
Afghanistan air force has more aircraft than the RNZAF the truth must hurt after NZAF operations in Afghanistan, they might sell you a few cheap bro, unfuckenbelivable you cant make this stuff up lol
Total media beat up! This 757 only blew a couple of fuzes. Nothing spectacular.RNZAF should just buy a pair of Falcon 50 EX executive jets for VIP operations at about $3-5m apiece. In 2023 RNZAF spent only $961,477 on maintaining two 757s. Maybe lack of maintenance is the real issue?
Luxon had a delegation of 52 people traveling with him.
52.
Sounds more like a tax-payer funded holiday for all his lackies.
I need job in your candriy
Politicians should always fly commercial!! For the people by the people, isnt it?. Why do government employees get red carpet treatment?
That's a ball park $220;000 worth of fuel dumped due to disembarking the delegation & luggage at Port Moresby.
Could have hired a private jet for hideous amounts of tax payers money, but used their big brain instead, Well done.
So these moron politicians had to fly with the peasant's (twice). If they stop rorting the system and stop giving themselves pay rises they they could throw some money to the air force to fix planes properly without having to fix with Speed tape.🤦♂️
The RNZAF needs new aircraft ASAP.
How mnay favours with industry is this man accumulating?
Couldn't give a FAAAAAAAAAAARK
Bit like nz, broken 😆😆
That would piss me off
Ask albo! He is buying two new ones…actually ask albo he likes giving taxpayer money on anyone outside of Australia…i mean PNG got 300 million to start a footy team!
How Embarrassing 😅