This is Air New Zealand's busiest day since Covid-19 started

There will be smiles under the masks at the national carrier on Friday, as Air New Zealand predicts it will be the busiest day of flying since Covid-19 closed the borders. It says 42,000 flyers have been booked across the airline’s 520 flights on Friday as the long weekend and school holidays coincide with the start of this week’s trans-Tasman bubble. Onboard one of the services will be Air NZ boss Greg Foran, who is heading across the ditch to Sydney on his first international flight since becoming CEO last year. Air New Zealand general customer manager Leeanne Langridge says it will be a “bumper day” with Auckland-Wellington the busiest route with around 5500 customers.<br/>