Air NZ to invest NZ$100m in fleet upgrade

Air NZ will spend NZ$100m upgrading its premium seat offering. Air NZ said Monday night that it would spend the money on increasing the number of premium seats on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and refurbishing its Boeing 777-300 fleet in response to customer trends. That investment meant the 3 Dreamliners scheduled to be delivered from Oct 2017 will already have the new cabin layout, boosting the number of business premier seats from 18 to 27 and premium economy seats from 21 to 33. From February of next year, the carrier's entire Boeing 777-300 fleet will enter into the refurbishment programme which will include an inflight entertainment upgrade to match that available in the Dreamliners and an interior overhaul. That refurbishment programme is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2017. <br/>