Following the decision of the New Zealand government to gradually reopen its borders, Air New Zealand announced the restoration of 27 international routes across 2022.
The government will reopen its borders in five steps, giving priority to its nationals and allowing all vaccinated foreigners to enter by the middle of the year. Based on this, Air New Zealand will be the first to resume routes that are in high demand for New Zealand passengers.
According to the New Zealand media, there will be only the most profitable and popular ways in July Items. This includes rebooting the Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777-300ER found in the American desert.
Long distances
Air New Zealand will resume flights from Auckland (AKL) to Singapore (SIN) on March 27; It will be followed by the San Francisco (SFO) on April 14 in the United States. Houston (IAH) will return in July and Chicago (ORD) will return on September 30.
Operates long-haul routes with flights to Taipei (TPE) in Taiwan; Seoul (ICN) in South Korea; Shanghai (PVG) in China; Hong Kong (HKG); Tokyo / Narita (NRT) in Japan; Vancouver (YVR) in Canada and Los Angeles (LAX) in the United States; They are already working.
By the end of October, it will be added between Osaka, Christchurch and Singapore in Japan. No announcement was made of the eventual return to Buenos Aires (EZE) in Argentina, the only destination they had in South America before the outbreak, and the only long distance that had not yet been restarted.
“It simply came to our notice then. In recent months, it has been fantastic to bring back some of our pilots and cabin crew who returned to training until February 28th. We can’t wait to welcome tens of thousands of Kiwis, they plan to board our flight soon. ” Lean Xerogty, Director of Sales and Customer Service, Air New Zealand.
Return to the Pacific
Flights from Auckland to Honolulu, Tahiti and New Caledonia will resume in July. Services to Fiji from Wellington and Christchurch will also resume that month. These flights will be seated with Air New Zealand services to Rarotonga, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, which are already operating.
Across the Tasman Sea, Air New Zealand is significantly expanding its operations, relaunching 15 routes over the next five months.
Flights from Auckland to Gold Coast will resume on March 2 and include Adelaide, Cairns, Hobart and the Sunshine Coast in July.
Flights from Christchurch to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne will resume from February 28 in Wellington, Australia (the capital of New Zealand). From the same Australian cities they will resume contact with Queenstown on June 24th and 25th.
The Cirium platform says that by July 2022, the company will have reclaimed 72% of its seats in the international market and 63% of its seats in ASK. The company has fourteen Boeing 787-9 aircraft, and had to recall all of its Boeing 777-200ERs in the face of a health crisis, and by 2027 it will do the same with its seven Boeing 777-300ERs, replacing eight. Boeing 787-10s.
In the regional and domestic fleet it has 18 Airbus A320ceo, six Airbus A320neo and seven Airbus A321neo, and seven of these latest models are pending delivery. In addition, it features the 23 De Havilland Dash 8-300 and the 29 ATR 72-600.
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