Issue of Performance Rights

TO Listed Company Relations NZSX Market VIA NZ MAP CC Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange VIA ASX ONLINE FROM Liz Lawless Corporate Legal Services DATE 15 October 2018 NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET Two SUBJECT ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS In 2015, Air New Zealand Limited (AIR) (the Company) adopted a new Long Term Incentive Performance Rights Plan (the Plan). The Company advises that it has issued 4,287,459 performance rights for no consideration to the Chief Executive Officer and selected executives under the Plan. The performance rights were issued on 12 October 2018 as approved by the directors of the Company on 26 September 2018. The performance rights issued under the Plan give participants the right to receive ordinary shares in the Company subject to certain vesting conditions being met on or after 11 September 2021. The vesting of performance rights are subject to the Company's share price outperforming a comparison index made up 50:50 between the NZX All Index and the Bloomberg World Airline Index over a three year measurement period from the date of issue. In particular: (a) 50% of performance rights will vest if the Company's share price has matched the index over the measurement period; and (b) for each 1% the share price outperforms the index, a further 2.5% of performance rights will vest until reaching the maximum 100%. If the share price does not match the index on the third anniversary of the issue date, there will be a further six-month opportunity for the performance rights to vest. In connection with the issue, the Company advises the following details: Issue under Air New Zealand Long Term Incentive Performance Rights Plan Air New Zealand Limited announces that it has issued 4,287,459 Performance Rights pursuant to Air New Zealand's Long Term Incentive Performance Rights Plan. In connection with the issue, Air New Zealand advises the following details: (a) Class of security and ISIN: Performance Rights- ISIN: N/A (b) Number of Performance Rights issued: 4,287,459 (c) Issue Price: NIL (d) Payment in cash: NIL (e) Amount paid up: N/A (f) Percentage of total class of securities: 34% (of Performance Rights on issue) (g) Reason for issue: Issued under the Air New Zealand Long Term Incentive Performance Rights Plan (h) Specific authority for issue: Directors' Resolution (i) Terms or details of issue: Issued under the Air New Zealand Long Term Incentive Performance Rights Plan (j) Total number of securities of the class after issue: 12,699,760 (Performance Rights) (k) Treasury Stock: Not applicable (l) Date of issue: 12 October 2018 (Grant Date: 11 September 2018, Vesting Date 11 September 2021) End CA:00325320 For:AIR Type:SECISSUE Time:2018-10-15 16:44:55