18/OIR/115

Dear Mr Nath

Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) Request

I refer to your request posted on FYI.org.nz on 7 December 2017 requesting
information concerning Air New Zealand (Air NZ) and their partnership
agreements.

Your request is not clear as to whether you are requesting this
information from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and you believe the
CAA holds and is able to provide this information under the Partnership
Act 1908, or you are requesting this information from Air NZ and believe
that under the Partnership Act 1908 that the CAA would facilitate this
request.

In either case the CAA is refusing you request in accordance with section
18(g) of the Act, as it does not hold the information requested. The CAA
is not in a partnership with Air NZ, and Air NZ is not subject to the Act
so the CAA is unable to transfer your request to Air NZ. You may wish to
visit the following link to contact Air NZ directly:
[1]https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/help-and....

 

With regard to question 50 of your request, the following link has
information on New Zealand’s open skies agreements:

[2]http://www.transport.govt.nz/air/interna....

 

If you have any queries about your request, please contact me at
[3][CAA request email] or on (04) 560 9472.

Thanks,

Tom Wheeler | Official Information & Privacy Advisor

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-----Original Message-----
From: RAJ NATH [mailto:[FOI #6963 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2017 3:53 p.m.
To: OIA
Subject: Official Information request - Need following information from
Air New Zealand

 

Dear Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand,

 

I need the following information from Air New Zealand as I have been
cheated & harnessed by Air NZ so these following answers will help me how
to go about in legal terms.

 

Answers of following questions (under partnership act) from Air New
Zealand will help me take next course of action.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

RAJ NATH

 

Partnership Act 1908

Public Act 1908 No 139

 

1.            Please provide approved partnership agreement between Air NZ
and other Airlines globally including Air NZ tie up in domestic level
(past 15 years of record). If not available then with reference to V2ZYQM
provide partnership agreement as Firm since Singapore Airlines is partner
of Air New Zealand.

 

2.            Any reason for any of the partnership did not work out or
partnership agreement being not continued forward with any Airlines.
(record of past 15 years)

 

3.            What are the points (major & minor) taken into consideration
by Air New Zealand before mutual partnership agreement is signed between
Air New Zealand & its partners?

 

4.            Considering partnership model between Air New Zealand and
other Airlines, up to what air space distance from NZ, Air New Zealand is
responsible handling over responsibilities to concerned party Airlines in
partnership agreement? Please provide approved document of Point.4.

 

5.            What kind of business information is shared between partner
airlines while handing over responsibilities of passengers to partner
Airlines? (Security not required as proprietary)

 

6.            Since a passenger books an air ticket through Air New
Zealand or any partner associated with Air NZ are they aware which
aircrafts are operating between which sectors in this partnership model?
Keeping passenger authority as priority which Air Craft to choose (all
records past 15 years) as per their requirements. If ‘Yes’ provide
details, if ‘No’ why?

 

7.            How ease it have been for Air New Zealand to sign
partnership agreement with any Airlines past 15 years?

 

8.            Any third party (consumer, customer, client) considering a
partnership model (between Air New Zealand & any number of Airline, as a
single entity) what are the points taken into account to unify and present
the partnership as single entity as Firm to consumer, customer, client?
Please provide record of 15 years to be working on partnership model
unification and the efforts made in this model by Air NZ.

 

9.            How Air New Zealand would define a basic model of
Partnership in Airline Business worldwide? Or the partnership model is
only made for New Zealand only?

 

10.          Exactly define the partnership legislation as per defined Act
of Air New Zealand?

 

11.          Do Air NZ provide clause of partnership between Air New
Zealand and other airlines especially to passengers in any form, ticket
etc?

 

12.          How the partnership model evolved over time between Air New
Zealand and other Airlines. If any issues raised by passengers or any
other issues and what was the mitigation taken forward. (please provide
approved record of past 15 years)

 

13.          As per partnership Act 1908 (Public Act 1908 No 139) what are
the audit and assurance standards were followed or taken into
consideration by Air New Zealand before signing any partnership agreement
with any other Airlines?

 

14.          As per partnership Act 1908 (Public Act 1908 No 139)
“Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a
business in common with a view to profit”. How Air New Zealand defines
this statement in their partnership agreement with any Airlines? Please
provide all documents related to this past 15 years (partnership agreement
with any airlines?)

 

15.          Persons who have entered into partnership with one another
are for the purposes of this Act called collectively a firm, and the name
under which their business is carried on is called the firm name.
Singapore or Air New Zealand? AS PER V2ZYQM who represents firm here?

 

16.          Training provided to business staffs & technical and all
associated staffs of Air New Zealand in partnership model? Including
training records of past 15 years.

 

17.          Lessons learned from partnership in business value & crowd
management

 

18.          Reasons of breakup of partnership with any other airlines?

 

19.          Considering A+B+C are partners, explain how triparty
partnership works out in details with all legalities (please provide
legalities under your consideration now) in Air New Zealand.

 

20.          With reference to V2ZYQM which partner was responsible for
each leg of air distance travelled by customer?

 

21.          Air Crash responsibilities of partnership in any sector. What
are likely be a compensation package if any for passenger uneventful
death? Also God forbid scenarios of compensation by Air New Zealand.

 

22.          Firm name of each partnership and their registered address in
New Zealand and their respective countries. Considering each firm as
multinational conglomerate located in various countries (Companies Act
1993, Section 192)

 

23.          Lessons learned from partnership and shared between partners,
workflow diagram or explanation.

 

24.          Please provide “Firm” name of Air New Zealand partnership
with any other Airlines. If the Firm agreement made in other countries
please provide the same.

 

25.          Any passenger boarding Air New Zealand aircrafts are
passengers aware of your Firm name and the legalities associated with
partnership in details as good as they know the escape emergency
route/door of your air crafts.

 

26.          In this Firm model associated with partnership of Air New
Zealand (and other airlines) how consistent are safety & security threat
handled (please provide any manual available please). Please provide
consistency structure.

 

27.          Please provide emergency drill procedure considering
partnership is working as Firm?

 

28.          Please provide organisation chart of Air New Zealand and its
partner operating in any sector (of all the existing partnership of Air
New Zealand + past 15 years of organisation chart) considering Firm model.
Please provide breakdown from CEO (Chief Executive Officer) to Legal
Services. Precisely place the Operational Strategy, Strategic engagement
policy, Intelligence in the organisation chart as Firm.

 

29.          Describe in 5 bullet points what business values and criteria
are taken into consideration by Air New Zealand before initiating a
partnership agreement.

 

30.          Please provide TCM & OCM records of Air New Zealand and Air
New Zealand’s partners. (past 15 years of record)/ Companies Act 1993,
Section 120 & 208 also applicable auditing and assurance standards as per
Companies Act 1993, Section 5 (Financial reporting not required).

 

31.          From initiation to enter any partnership by Air New Zealand
with any Airline what time it takes from Weeks to Year to sign the
partnership agreement? How long it took with reference to V2ZYQM?

 

32.          “Project Management for Partnership Modelling in Air New
Zealand” provide step-by-step principles, tool and techniques of “Project
Management of Partnership” and beyond the best common process perspective.

 

33.          Security Threat and Intelligence Information shared among
partners as Firm (this information is not required being proprietary &
confidential information) only to confirm it exists. If may be required if
any other authority may seek for investigation.

 

34.          At a random how many of Air New Zealand ground staffs and
crew member are aware of your partnership with different airlines as a
‘Firm’

 

35.          In this Partnership model of Air New Zealand with any other
Airline please clearly describe “Liability of the Firms being wrong” if
any happened past 15 years. Under “Nature of Partnership” 1891 No 6 s 13

 

36.          Did Air New Zealand or any of its associated partner “Under
Duty of partner not to compete with firm Limited partnership Act 2008”
tried to make more profit making partnership with any other Airlines not
notifying several existing partnership at various level (domestic +
international)?

 

37.          With reference to V2ZYQM under Liability of wrongs, joint &
several of partnership Act, which partner is responsible as Firm to
account for Liability of wrongs, joint & several of partnership Act?

 

38.          Relating to partnership scenario of Air New Zealand with
Singapore Airlines with reference to V2ZYQM, as per letter received for
the ban from Air New Zealand for 1 year on 06-Nov-2017 what were Air New
Zealand (as partner or Firm) actions/mitigation or what steps were taken
into consideration regarding my one sided grievance /communication
starting from 02-Nov-2017, 03-Nov-2017, 04-Nov-2017, 05-Nov-2017? Please
stress on immediate action as per communication received from V2ZYQM on
02-Nov-2017.

 

39.          Under Partnership model of Air New Zealand with any other
Airlines how a unified management decision is made for eg issuing a ban or
to implement any other action (please provide other examples of common
action as a Firm). Not limited to ban but any other unified decision as a
Firm?

 

40.          Considering any lessons learned by any partner related to
Airline business, how this lesson learned are shared across partnership to
maintaining consistency to inculcate partnership as a definition of
partnership as per Partnership Act 1908, Public Act 1908 No 139

 

41.          Please describe clearly how Air New Zealand and their
partners define Class G Airspace and responsibilities shared between
partners in this Class A, B, C, D & E Airspace. Also describe point 41 as
a Firm.

 

42.          Does Air New Zealand confirm to be an agent of Partnership
(Partnership of Air New Zealand with any other Airline) with reference to
ticket number V2ZYQM?

 

43.          How Air New Zealand does defines travel agents (ticket sales)
in this model of partnership of Airlines? Third party? Please place this
entity (ticketing) in your ‘partnership’ organization chart. Which partner
is actually governing the ticket sales to customer as a Firm?

 

44.          With reference to V2ZYQM was it if it has been agreed between
Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand that any restriction shall be
placed on the power of Air New Zealand only to respect the partnership
agreement? Refer Point 18 above. Nature of Partnership Clause 11. Act to
consolidate enactments of the Parliament of New Zealand relating to the
law of partnership

 

45.          Prior to 6th Nov 2017 how many Airlines were partner of Air
New Zealand? With reference to V2ZYQM

 

46.          After 6th Nov 2017 how many Airlines were partner of Air New
Zealand? With reference to V2ZYQM

 

47.          With reference to point 47 & 48 any particular reason for the
increase or decrease in number of partners of Air New Zealand?

 

48.          What are the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ rules of all nature in
partnership agreement (including meal services)

 

49.          In Air New Zealand partnership agreement did Air New Zealand
notify Singapore Airlines of expanding partner circle of Air New Zealand?
Provide consent document of Singapore Airlines Consent Nature of
Partnership , Rules 27

 

50.          New Zealand as a nation do have bilateral agreement with many
other Countries and agreed with other nations on number of flights
permitted between the countries? Is it under the bilateral agreement of
Government of New Zealand, Air New Zealand can force upon any Airlines to
be its partner or the bilateral agreement is of that nature that Air New
Zealand can supersede any Airlines and force upon on any Airlines to be
its partner? How does partnership model fits here on partnership agreement
as a Firm (considering Air New Zealand is a partner of the Firm) and
commitment to legal responsibilities as a partner of both countries? Also
detail tri-party agreement as an example of 3 different nations on same
bilateral agreement and Airlines partnership as a Firm.

 

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