Aug 28 (Reuters) - Air New Zealand AIR.NZ posted a 15% fall in its annual earnings on Thursday, hurt by reduced aircraft capacity due to global engine maintenance issues.
New Zealand's flagship carrier reported earnings before taxation of NZ$189 million ($110.96 million) for the year ended June 30, compared with NZ$222 million a year earlier.
That compares with the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of NZ$178.6 million.
($1 = 1.7033 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee and Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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