Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand expand their strategic alliance

Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have received regulatory approval to extend their alliance for another five years until March 2029.

Thanks for this extension, Singapore It can continue to provide its customers with added value in their travel options, greater benefits and access to wider networks in the years to come.

This 10-year collaboration between Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand has increased seat capacity between Singapore and New Zealand by almost 50%. Thanks to this collaboration, passengers can benefit from three daily services between Auckland and Singapore and one daily service between Christchurch and Singapore.

Following the contract extension, which is still subject to regulatory approval, the two airlines will operate a total of four daily flights between Singapore and Auckland from October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025. This will give customers more connectivity and flight options. During peak holiday season.

With this fourth daily seasonal service, the companies will jointly operate 38 weekly flights between New Zealand and Singapore during peak months. It gets more than 893,000 seats every year.

Dai Haoyu, Singapore Airlines' senior vice president of marketing planning, said: 'Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have been strong partners for almost a decade. The expansion of our alliance allows us to continue to offer our customers even more options between Singapore and New Zealand and domestic destinations in the Pacific Southwest. For this reason, a fourth seasonal daily service between Singapore and Auckland will support the growing demand for business and leisure travel.

For his part, Air New Zealand's Director of Transformation and Alliances, Mike Williams, says the partnership plays a fundamental role in connecting New Zealand to the rest of the world: 'Since the alliance was launched in early 2015, the two flag carriers have together flown more than 4.6 million passengers to New Zealand, Singapore and beyond. The expansion of our partnership gives New Zealanders global access to Singapore Airlines' vast network of destinations in Europe, India and Southeast Asia.

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