Air New Zealand is offering flexible eSIM travel plans for Kiwis overseas and in New Zealand, as it looks to grow its business beyond flying and bolster its coffers.
NZ’s chief customer and digital officer, Jeremy O’Brien, says the carrier is always interested in ways it can offer more value to customers. He explains that by bringing together the airline’s customer relationships with One NZ’s connectivity expertise, it has created something genuinely useful while opening a new revenue opportunity for the airline. That new revenue is needed, with NZ’s 2026 annual results on 28 Aug seeing it report a pre-tax loss of $336 million.
At the same time, the carrier notes that there’s an almost five-fold growth in global revenue from travel eSIM expected by 2030.
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The eSIM offering, created in partnership with One NZ, will be available to customers on any network, with the ability for these to be tailored to customers’ chosen destinations and travel dates, including key transit locations.
It is available in more than 140 destinations globally, while for those staying put, NZ advises that there is the option to join with a pre-paid monthly plan, bringing calls, texts and data together in one package.
Air New Zealand Mobile is available from today, with New Zealand plans starting from $40 a month. See further details HERE.
