According to 9 NEWS, An Air New Zealand plane had a very strange reason for making an unplanned stop yesterday – they were picking up the country’s prime minister after his government aircraft broke down.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and a group of prominent business leaders were en route to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Fortunately, Air New Zealand (ANZ) CEO Greg Foran was among the delegation of approximately fifty business leaders. He then arranged for an ANZ commercial flight traveling from Auckland to Tokyo to swing by Port Moresby and pick up some of the stranded passengers, including Luxon, the airline confirmed to CNN.
Coincidentally, Luxon, who was elected in 2023, spent seven years as the CEO of Air New Zealand before getting into politics.
