24 Mar 2011

Air NZ passenger numbers up

12:49 pm on 24 March 2011

Air New Zealand carried more than one million passengers during the month of February, an increase of 7% on the same month last year.

The airline says the number of passengers traveling short haul rose 7.7%, while demand on Tasman and Pacific flights increased by 14%.

The number of passengers travelling on long haul flights rose 2%.