SIA deal brings ANZ in from isolation

Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines have formed an alliance that will see services between New Zealand and Singapore increase by nearly a third with ANZ flying aircraft. Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines have agreed to form an alliance enabling Air New Zealand to fly the Auckland-Singapore route again and Singapore Airlines to operate the Airbus A380 to New Zealand for the first time. The A380 would be operated daily by Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Auckland, progressively replacing an existing daily 777-300ER service. Air New Zealand would launch daily services between Auckland and Singapore using newly-refitted 777-200ERs aircraft,