Climate friendly transport: Why Air New Zealand needs to get onboard with passenger rail

IMAGE: Air New Zealand

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan

Air New Zealand has a problem. The national airline needs to be profitable and, traditionally, this has involved increasing passenger numbers.

In the past, this growth has been one of the many factors leading to the demise of passenger rail in Aotearoa New Zealand. But, like the whole global aviation industry, the airline is now under increasing pressure to reduce emissions.