Air New Zealand Ramps Up Cargo Operations

Air New Zealand is offering cargo customers a range of aircraft charter services covering every port in its network, excluding London.

Air New Zealand's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft can carry 11 cargo pallets with each pallet housing up to 12 cubic metres in volume and up to 4.6 tonnes in weight.

Rick Nelson, Air New Zealand's General Manager Cargo, said, "We've shared these options with our global cargo customer base and are getting some strong interest from customers wanting to ship to and from Shanghai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sydney and Melbourne."

The airline is also being flexible and has launched a 'Multi Party Charter' option which allows exporters and importers to purchase a single airfreight pallet position on a charter flight. Or, by working together with a Freight Forwarder, a coalition of exporters and importers ccould potentially combine and consolidate their shipments so that they are able to purchase a single unit on the aircraft.

"This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult time for our airline with a significant reduction in capacity due to reduced travel demand, but we are pleased to be able to keep New Zealand connected to the world in this way," Mr. Nelson added.

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