Free drinks on Tasman run
NZPA Auckland Air New Zealand may be forced to provide free drinks and entertainment head-sets for economyclass passengers flying across the Tasman. Qantas has announced that it will provide these free services to economyclass passengers. The announcement by the Australian airline placed the New Zealand airline in a difficult situation. Technically, the Australians should have first sought to amend the air
agreement between the two countries before introducing such changes They would almost certainly have opposed by the New Zealand Government. But the Australians have a strong bargaining hand, and may simply go ahead with the changes. Air New Zealand has declined to comment. But the chairman of Qantas (Sir Lenox Bewitt), announcing the complementary drinks and head-seta, said the airline had already filed formal notice of its intentions with the International Air Transport Association.
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