Very odd goings on in New Zealand last week when flag carrier Air New Zealand saw its market share soar to almost double that of the previous week.
The nation airline, which is already and inevitably the market leader in the country, saw its share of the airline category jump to over 60%, seeing sister brand GrabaSeat tumble by almost 10%, Jetstar by 5% and a whole host of other airlines also impacted.
Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending March 10 2012:
Agencies
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia.co.nz www.expedia.co.nz 14.09% 1
2 Webjet New Zealand www.webjet.co.nz 12.31% 2
3 House of Travel www.houseoftravel.co.nz 10.10% 3
4 Flight Centre New Zealand www.flightcentre.co.nz 8.81% 4
5 Jet Abroad - NZ www.jetabroad.co.nz 3.24% 5
6 Kayak www.kayak.com 2.45% 6
7 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 2.44% 7
8 Go.qq.com go.qq.com 1.85% -
9 FareCompare www.farecompare.com 1.70% 10
10 Webjet Australia www.webjet.com.au 1.68% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.98% 1
2 Booking.com www.booking.com 5.08% 2
3 stuff.co.nz - Travel www.stuff.co.nz/travel 4.25% 3
4 Wotif.com www.wotif.com 4.09% 4
5 Yahoo!xtra - Travel nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com 3.51% 5
6 AA New Zealand Travel Guide www.aatravel.co.nz 2.64% 7
7 HolidayHouses.co.nz www.holidayhouses.co.nz 2.53% 6
8 TravelBuoy www.travelbuoy.com 2.15% -
9 Book A Bach www.bookabach.co.nz 2.02% 0
10 Travelbug www.travelbug.co.nz 1.97% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Air New Zealand www.airnz.co.nz 62.24% 1
2 Air New Zealand - grabaseat www.grabaseat.co.nz 15.25% 2
3 Jetstar www.jetstar.com 5.70% 3
4 My Air New Zealand www.myairnz.co.nz 2.69% 4
5 Qantas www.qantas.com.au 1.92% 5
6 Virgin Australia www.virginaustralia.com 1.75% 6
7 Emirates www.emirates.com 1.49% 7
8 AirAsia www.airasia.com 1.33% 8
9 Singapore Airlines www.singaporeair.com 0.99% 9
10 The Flying Social Network www.theflyingsocialnetwork.com 0.77% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise
NB2: Image via rook76/Shutterstock
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Does anyone know why it jumped 60% in one week? What did NZ do?