NZ767 From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 1620 posts, RR: 1 Posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 950 times:
Qantas had to set up a separate company, Australia Asia to serve Taipei so as not to offend the Chinese Government.
Japan Airlines had Japan Asia, BA had British Asia, and so on.
But Air New Zealand serves Taipei in its own right under its own name. They didn't have to set up a separate operation.
Anyone know why ANZ was treated differently compared to the others?
Jiml1126 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 904 times:
Australia Asia has demised already few years ago.
However, low-cost Australian airlines will be flying to Taipei from Cairns, one of the route used to operated by Australia Asia.
NZ and Taiwan signed the air traffic agreement (not sure what's the official name) back in 1991 or 1992, and China seems like having no problems about this.
I guess China was having no problem about this because NZ is a neutral country politically?
NZ767 From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 1620 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 894 times:
Yeah I know Aussie Asia has gone now Jim.
Used to be good seeing their 767s coming into Wellington before they changed to the 747SPs.
Thanks for the info about the agreement.
Thought it may have been something like that.
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 49 Reply 3, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 877 times:
The point is more that Air New Zealand doesnt fly to People's Republic of China. I believe the politics behind it is that the PRC refuses tobe served by the same airline that serves ROC: hence all the Asia divisions...
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Megatop747-412 From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 244 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 861 times:
I too wondered about the same question - why "?? Asia" for some airlines, e.g. BAA (British Asia), Qantas Asia, and Swissair Asia?... Don't quite understand how that works...
VirginFlyer - your comment do seemed fair and valid, but then, what about heaps of other SE-Asian carriers like SQ, MH, TG etc that serve BOTH PRC and ROC???...
Airzim From Zimbabwe, joined exactly 12 years ago today! , 1106 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 838 times:
BA is pulling out of TPE, so has SR. Looks like KL and AF are left
ZK-NBT From New Zealand, joined Oct 2000, 5025 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 741 times:
This is probably the best time of year to fly to TPE as the chinese new year is coming up so at the moment I would say flights are quite full NZ and BR have put on extra flights to cope with demand, but for alot of the year its like a nothing market. I think NZ should drop their own flights and codeshare with BR and fly the 763 to ICN or mainland China where year round there is alot more demand.
NZ767 From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 1620 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (11 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 734 times:
Shanghai was on the cards for Air NZ a few years back wasn't it NBT?
Yeah, a slice of ICN would be good too instead of leaving it all for KE.
New destinations I would like to see, and I reckon they'd be viable are Auckland-Sao Paulo via Rio de Janeiro.
Would also be a Star Alliance tie-up with Varigs domestic and European services.
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