Air New Zealand Airlines

Air New Zealand flight traveling from Auckland to Chicago was compelled to return on Friday night as a result of an unexpected fuel problem.

Air New Zealand (NZ) flight en route to Tokyo (NRT) had to make an unexpected return to Auckland today after a damaged windshield was discovered during the journey.

With Air New Zealand recording its highest rates of staff sick leave in over a decade and experiencing a series of disruptive last-minute flight cancelations, the airline is proactively trimming its timetables over the next 6 months.

Air New Zealand will soon permit economy passengers to lie down and take a nap in communal, bunk bed-style sleeping pods on its planes, as it attempts to entice passengers onto its more than 17-hour ultra-long-haul flights.

Air New Zealand is gearing up for the busiest July in two years with the relaunch of 14 international routes in 16 days. With these routes back in action, the airline will be working 60 percent of its international capacity – the most international flying in the last two years.