Further to notices published in the New Zealand Gazette, 23 February 2017, Issue No. 19, Notice No. 2017-go796 and 16 March 2017, Issue No. 29, Notice No. 2017-go1207, and pursuant to section 87J(6) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, sections 28, 29 and 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, a delegation from the Minister of Transport dated 29 October 2013, and a sub-delegation from the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Transport dated 3 November 2013, I give notice that, having received an application from Air New Zealand Limited, the Minister of Transport has varied the Scheduled International Air Service Licence held by that airline to provide for:

• open destination points in Italy;
• thrice weekly services to Haneda airport, Tokyo, Japan;
• services to Laos, without capacity constraints; and
• code-share services to Stockholm, Sweden, via Moscow and Singapore.

I also advise that the Minister for Transport has renewed the Scheduled International Air Service Licence issued to Air New Zealand for a period of ten years, pursuant to 87I(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990.

This variation took effect from 17 April 2017.

Signed at Wellington this 9th day of May 2017.

NICK BROWN, General Manager, Aviation and Maritime, Ministry of Transport.