A battle that appears to have broken out between Air New Zealand and Jetstar in the domestic aviation market may just be the start of a run of good news for consumers, one aviation expert says.
This week Air New Zealand and Jetstar have announced sales.
Air New Zealand said on Monday it was making more than 200,000 seats available for travel periods between January and June next year.
Auckland to Kerikeri was advertised from $59 each way, and Auckland to Wellington $69. Auckland to Queenstown was promoted from $99 each way. Christchurch to Wellington was from $59.
Then Jetstar promoted a “cheeky getaway sale” with fares from $37 between Auckland and Christchurch and $40 between Auckland and Wellington.
Aviation commentator and Ardmore Flying School chief executive Irene King said a number of things were going on, particularly with Air New Zealand.
“They are taking on board all the adverse publicity associated with the very high airfares. They’ve got a new marketing revenue management team in there, and they’re going much more back to the old style of putting sales out there and advertising the really cheap fares.”
She said there were usually bargains to be found anyway if people booked far enough in advance but there was significantly more promotional activity happening. 1News