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Business Class Vs Economy For Athletes

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 18 May 2026

A podcast discussion with NZR CEO Steve Lancaster addresses proposals to downgrade All Blacks and elite rugby team travel to economy class to reduce costs amid rising airfares, emphasizing operational and health-based reasons against such a shift.

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  • Run your business like a well-oiled machine on NZ's most reliable mobile network. Search One New Zealand Business Mobile. Plans from 40 dollars a month. Awarded by Umlauten 2025. Fair use in terms of play. Price excludes GST. One New Zealand. Let's get connected. Now there is a call for New Zealand rugby to consider dropping the all blacks and all the premium teams back from business class into premium economy to save money. Dropping all the teams in black back a class would save six million dollars a year, which would almost wipe out the seven million dollar loss in the last financial year for NZR. Steve Lancaster is NZR's CEO. Hi Steve. Steve, this is silly, isn't it? I mean, you can't have two meter long two-meter long men sitting in premium economy for a trip to South Africa.
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hdpa-drive Government / N-A

ethical and practical concerns about athlete comfort

Steve Lancaster: NZ Rugby CEO on how the company can bring down the All Blacks' travel bill
13 May
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