New Zealand domestic air travel

PACIFIC BLUE, a subsidiary of Virgin Blue, is to withdraw from its New Zealand internal operations.  Its losses are said to be substantial.  When you have a country with only a population of 4m, as against Wales with 3m, it is not surprising that it cannot sustain three substantive airlines.  Air New Zealand offers domestic services, as does Qantas with its low cost Jetstar brand.  At the same time V Australia, another Virgin Blue offshoot, will stop flying to Fiji, withdrawing a Boeing 777, replaced by Pacific Blue’s 737s for this mainly leisure route. www.flypacificblue.com

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