26 May 2020

Air NZ forecasts loss for 2020 financial year

From The Panel, 4:20 pm on 26 May 2020

Air New Zealand announced today that it's forecasting a loss for the 2020 financial year due to the Covid-19 lockdown, and the resulting fall in revenue.

It is in the process of making about a third, or 4000, jobs redundant and has already announced significant losses of cabin crew, pilots, engineers, and ground staff.

The national carrier said in a statement to the stock exchange that it expects the airline to be smaller than it was pre Covid-19 for "some time".