Various - Love is in the air

Various - Love is in the air

Fiji Airways and Air New Zealand have been promoting they had airborne marriages at 40,000 ft last month. Both went for record-breaking attempts.

To mark its brand launch, Fiji Airways set out on a search for five couples to get married on board its flagship A330 aircraft on a flight from Auckland to Nadi, Fiji. More than 400 New Zealand couples entered hoping to be one of the lucky pairs married in the business class cabin, also earning a free flight and complimentary stay in Fiji to enjoy their honeymoon.

Five winning couples exchanged vows on August 7 at 41,000 feet aboard a brand new Fiji Airways A330 to attain the record. The minimum altitude required to set this new world record was 40,000 feet.

Air New Zealand, taking a different approach to record breaking, celebrated the allowance of same-sex marriage in New Zealand by performing the first samesex marriage in the skies. The winning couple made history when they exchanged vows in New Zealand’s skies, the day the Marriage Amendment Act came into effect on 19 August. Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau were married onboard a special Air New Zealand flight from Queenstown to Auckland with only family and friends present together with special guest Jesse Tyler Fergusson, from award winning US TV series Modern Family.

In the US, JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines also partnered up to offer a wedding in JFK’s terminal 5 followed by a honeymoon in Hawaii courtesy of Hawaiian Airlines to promote it’s NY route.