Air New Zealand just recently wrapped up a nearly year-long lease on a Wamos Air jet. Just weeks after the plane stopped flying for Air New Zealand, it’ll be making a comeback…
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I am writing this sitting on board SQ214 and we just taxied past the AirNZ 787-9. A friend of mine recently took the Wamos flight from PER - AKL in business and reported while the hard product was better the soft product was way worse than NZ and service was abysmal.
What is with every airline in the Antipodes being absolute trash? Case in point is the SFO777 review of Qantas First. Third world at best.
I would take Air New Zealand or Qantas ahead of any of the US3 despite their numerous shortcomings.
Why would the pilot and flight attendant unions in New Zealand allow this wet lease? Air New Zealand is basically taking away long haul work opportunities from their own employees and giving them to Wamos Air employees who are likely paid less. This would not fly (no pun intended) in the US.
@KW what a stupid comment. Third world and trash should be pinned to the US carriers. They should be penalised for false advertising calling their so called premium cabins first and business.
The most likely answer is that they have prearranged contractual provisions for limited substitutes like wet-leasing, in the event of medium term irregular operations. I suspect that's the case, since we're not hearing the unions raise any stink over it.