Virgin Australia and Air NZ to Form New Partnership

[roby]

Nothing on the AirNZ web site. VA noticeable by its absence.

Co-operation partners

In addition to our Star Alliance partners, Air New Zealand has partnerships and agreements with a number of selected airlines to provide you with even more.

www.airnewzealand.com.au

There won't be anything on the NZ site as the proposed partnership is unilateral. Unless NZ winds up their alliance with QF, NZ customers get nothing.

 

[HS-TQE]

The page in question (on the NZ site) is for two-way partnerships with Air New Zealand, as mentioned, the VA/NZ is a one-way unilateral partnership where VA purchases seats from NZ and resells them as an 'authorised travel agent' on behalf of NZ.

So any information on the upcoming VA/NZ one-way partnership will be primarily on the VA page when that eventually reactivates.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Sorry, not laughing at you, HS-TQE, more so about the wry situation, ie, still no news, and if you put into the VA website, on a dummy booking, SYD - AKL, "flight not available" comes up, and on the AirNZ website, nothing on VA is mentioned.
If this were to go ahead, it would be months down the runway, at the least.
Do I know for sure, nak.
But I do like/love the premY on AirNZ, better than Y on VA east coast to ZQN, and then dom AirNZ to other parts of the country.

 

[duanemiller]

The VA iOS app update notes from 2 days ago. Do we think “support for new partner airlines and routes” could be this? Are there any other VA partner airlines or routes on the cards?

 

[The-Aviator]

I hope so. Holding off on a booking in the hope this partnership goes live soon!

 

[duanemiller]

I hope so. Holding off on a booking in the hope this partnership goes live soon!

Me too!! I have a trip planned late Jan and it’s getting tight!!

 

[HS-TQE]

The VA iOS app update notes from 2 days ago. Do we think “support for new partner airlines and routes” could be this? Are there any other VA partner airlines or routes on the cards?

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Probably the unilateral Air New Zealand codeshare and the expanded Qatar Airways alliance.

 

[AIRwin]

Codeshare resuming this month:

Virgin Australia / Air New Zealand Resumes Codeshare Service in Dec 2024 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1100GMT 02DEC24 Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand this month plans to resume codeshare partnership, initially with Virgin Australia’s VA-coded flight numbers appearing on Air New Zealand’s Trans-Tasman service from 09DEC24 at earliest. Virgin Australia operated by Air New Zealand

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[HS-TQE]

Based on flight information listed by Virgin Australia, following routes to carry Air New Zealand’s NZ-coded flight numbers, although there are no specified effective dates filed by NZ. Additional routes will be filed in the next few days.

I wonder if this may mean the slow disbanding of the QF/NZ domestic codeshare if this eventuates.

Keeping in mind VA still has the smaller domestic network, thus QF group interlines are still required for NZ for the (gap) routes the VA group doesn't serve.

 

[henrus]

I wonder if this may mean the slow disbanding of the QF/NZ domestic codeshare if this eventuates.

It's possible, oddly because it's just codeshare it doesn't need approval and was never part of the initial application.