Editing Air New Zealand (section)

====Operations subsidiaries====
Air New Zealand Cargo is the only current subsidiary of Air New Zealand Limited.

Air New Zealand previously had wholly owned subsidiary regional airlines – [[Air Nelson]], [[Mount Cook Airline]] and [[Eagle Airways]] – that served regional destinations throughout New Zealand. Together they made up [[Air New Zealand Link]]. On 26 August 2016, Eagle Airways ceased operations – Air Nelson and Mount Cook Airline followed in late 2019 and both were merged into its parent's operations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melville |first1=Brent |title=Engine woes reduce Air NZ earnings |access-date=26 December 2019 |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/business/engine-woes-reduce-air-nz-earnings|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=23 August 2019}}</ref>

* '''Air Nelson''' was based in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], and operated [[Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier Q300s]].
* '''Mount Cook Airline''' was based in [[Christchurch]], and operated [[ATR 72|ATR 72–500 and ATR 72–600]] turboprop aircraft.

Subsidiary company '''Zeal320''' was introduced to help combat increasing labour costs. Zeal320 operated Air New Zealand's trans-Tasman fleet of Airbus A320-200 aircraft under the Air New Zealand brand. On 31 July 2006, flights were re-numbered to the NZ700-999 series for trans-Tasman services, and NZ1000 series for domestic services. All of Air New Zealand's A320-200s were registered to Zeal320 until 26 November 2008, when ownership of the fleet was transferred back to Air New Zealand. However, staff that worked the A320-200 fleet were still employed by the subsidiary. This was a source of contention within the airline group in which these employees were paid at a lower scale than their mainline counterparts.<ref>[http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Flight_Manual_Aircraft.asp?Manual_ID=2836 NZ CAA list of registered Airbus A320s]. Retrieved 28 November 2008.</ref> Continued industrial action by staff employed in the subsidiary during 2009 permanently delayed a proposed [[low-cost carrier]] airline as a successor to [[Freedom Air]] that would have also employed the Airbus A320 on domestic routes to counter [[Jetstar Airways|Jetstar]], which had begun operating domestically in New Zealand. In 2015 Zeal320 was removed from the New Zealand Companies Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/354376?backurl=%2Fcompanies%2Fapp%2Fui%2Fpages%2Fcompanies%2Fsearch%3Fmode%3Dstandard%26type%3Dentities%26q%3DZEAL320 |title=ZEAL 320 LIMITED (354376) Registered |date=14 August 2014}}</ref>