Air New Zealand plays a critical role in the country’s domestic and international operations. According to Cirium schedule data, the Star Alliance operator has nearly 4.9 million two-way seats in Q2 2026 (April-June). It provides 80% of the domestic market and 43% internationally. The same source shows that ANZ’s capacity has grown by 3% year-over-year, […]
February 25, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Situated on New Zealand’s South Island, Christchurch is the nation’s second most populous city by urban area. Between January and October 2025, the airport welcomed nearly 5.4 million passengers. It was the country’s second-busiest facility after Auckland. Compared to the same 10 months in 2024, Christchurch’s traffic rose by 5%. Three-quarters of its throughput was […]
December 10, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Festive season’s greetings, for what is our last client newsletter of 2025! In retrospect, November was an eventful month. A software upgrade in a number of A320 family aircraft more recently put networks in a spin, and geo-political maneuverings has oil futures pointing to lower prices. Only recently did the IMF revise down ever so […]
December 3, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Due to the end of Jetstar Asia, the Jetstar Group now consists of Jetstar Airways (Australia and New Zealand) and Jetstar Japan. This article only examines Jetstar Airways’ network. According to Planespotters.net, it has 99 aircraft: 56 A320ceos, 21 A321LRs, 11 787-8s, six A321ceos and five A320neos. A321XLRs are on order. Cirium’s schedule information for […]
November 26, 2025 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
On 31 October, Qantas resumed flying from Adelaide to Auckland. The daily operation deploys the Boeing 737-800. Qantas previously served the city pair between 2004 and 2007. It marked the airline’s return to international operations from South Australia’s capital since Singapore flights ended in 2013. Qantas competes against Air New Zealand from Adelaide to Auckland […]
November 12, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
We are pleased to present your August edition of the Monthly Aviation Market Insights newsletter, providing a comprehensive review of recent results, market developments, and performance drivers shaping the airline and airport sectors across Australasia and with an added perspective from North America. As we move further into the second half of 2025, divergent economic […]
September 3, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
With the Australian Federal election outcome determined earlier last month, and further certainty given to there being more uncertainty (wait!… what?), on 22 April, the IMF published new forecasts for the world economy downgrading global growth forecasts due to higher US tariffs and increased… uncertainty, that has not since changed. To wit… Global Aviation Outlook […]
June 4, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis
Dear Friends, Clients & Colleagues Over the past month international trade and politics have dominated the headlines, as consumers and businesses adjust to a fast-paced uncertain macro environment. Things have changed from just a few months ago in many markets, or continuing declining trends appear to be (for now) heightened. In recent quarterly reports, notable […]
May 8, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis
As another year almost comes to a close, we look back on some shared insights from our Dec 2023 email to clients (regarding the Chinese market & their home carriers) and consider future expansion into other markets from these carriers in 2025. Increasingly we’re asked to also provide capacity & passenger budget and long-term (10, […]
December 4, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
Forecasting the outcome to new air service starts, is fraught with challenges. With an untested new city pair, how responsive is your market to new service? Is the carrier commencing services, popular or known to your catchment market. Does their business model or service offering match consumer expectations? Is the share of the market that […]
November 6, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
As has become the norm at this time of the year, we have created a summary of the results from the annual reporting season and will be sending these onto retained clients soon. If you’d like a copy, please reply requesting your own copy to be sent to you. Notable commentary came from AKL in […]
September 4, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
July 2, 2024 Who’s been to Hawke’s Bay in Aotearoa, New Zealand’s North Island? It’s a food basket, that captures the essence of the land of the long white cloud (or is that the flat white?). Cape Kidnappers Golf! One of the World’s Wine Capitals… what else do you need to know? What an […]
July 3, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story