Air New Zealand to offer new seating classes on flights

Airline Industry Information, Feb 24, 2005

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Air New Zealand has announced a new range of classes that will be available on its fleet of refitted Boeing 747-400 aircraft and eight new Boeing 777-200 aircraft this year.

The airline said that in addition to its "Business Premier" and "Pacific Economy" classes, it has established a "Pacific Premium Economy" Class, reportedly making it the only airline to offer premium economy seating on flights to New Zealand.

The new three-class configuration is expected to be available on flights from San Francisco to Auckland by August 2005 and on flights from Los Angeles to Auckland and Los Angeles to London by end of the year.

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