20 May 2014

Airline and Tourism agency extend deal

1:03 pm on 20 May 2014

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have announced a $20 million extension to their marketing partnership.

Air NZ planes

Photo: RNZ

Co-operative marketing activity will be extended to include Singapore and South East Asia, supporting Air New Zealand's proposed alliance with Singapore Airlines.

The airline and the agency will continue their marketing in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, North America, Britain and Europe as well as increasing their activity in India Indonesia and Latin America.

Tourism New Zealand chief executive Kevin Bowler said visitor arrivals were up more than five percent to 2.75 million international visitors in the year ended March.