New Zealand Herald, 31 May 2017 – Emirates is ditching its daily A380 superjumbo flight between Auckland and Sydney as part of a revamp of services on the highly competitive Tasman route with its partner airline, Qantas.
The Australian airline will introduce twice-daily smaller Airbus A330 flights on the route from July 13, which will result in a loss of capacity.
Emirates – which last year added a direct service to Dubai from Auckland – said the airline needed to “optimise” capacity. Read more…
