The biofuels test flight scheduled to take place today by Air New Zealand has been postponed following the loss of four of the company's employees in a crash last Friday evening (28th November). In a statement released by the company it said; "The full efforts and resources of Air New Zealand will be focused over the coming days on providing support to the family members of the missing New Zealanders and to our people, and assisting in the investigation of the A320 accident in France."

The aircraft, that crashed in the Mediterranean, was an Airbus A320 owned by Air New Zealand and leased and operated by XL Airways of Germany for the past two years. The aircraft was being flown by XL Airways to Frankfurt where it was due to be handed back to Air New Zealand for a ferry flight back to New Zealand, when the accident occured.