Etihad, Air NZ sign maintenance accord

Dubai: Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide line maintenance services in Melbourne, Australia and Los Angeles, USA.

The agreement continues an existing service provided by Air New Zealand to perform full line maintenance for Etihad in Los Angeles. However, Etihad will soon perform all scheduled and non-scheduled line maintenance on Air New Zealand aircraft in Melbourne.

Air New Zealand operates an average of five flights a day from Melbourne to destinations in New Zealand.

Etihad started daily flights to Los Angeles in June.