Air NZ's aerial grocery run
p. 31 · Read in the full issue
New Zealand has the chance to boost by up to five times its exports to New Caledonia following a decision by Air New Zealand to replace DCBs with DC 10s on its weekly Auckland-Noumea service.
The airline’s move is designed not only to overcome shortage of cargo capacity on the route but also to enable exporters of primary products to take full advantage of the new competitive edge provided by devaluation.
“We have been conscious of the lack of sufficient cargo capacity on this route and devaluation has made it all the more necessary to enhance New Zealand’s airfreighting capability to Noumea’’, said Air New Zealand’s Director of Commercial Services, Mr J. B. Wisdom.
He said it would enable exporters not only to expand existing business but also to open avenues for other products.
Fruit and vegetables are the major export to New Caledonia. Air New Zealand carried more than 200,000 kilos of them in the 1974-75 trading year.
Other significant exports have been meat, dairy products, fish and oysters and building materials. The extra capacity is expected to result, particularly, in an expansion of the meat trade.