Air New Zealand is thanking a new route, and a 747 fleet refurbishment, for its second place in a list of most-favoured long-haul airlines. Only 0.2 per cent separated the airline from first-placed Virgin Atlantic in a readers' survey in the travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller, Air NZ general manager international Ed Sims said yesterday.
The airline placed sixth in the category in the previous Conde Nast list.