Air New Zealand has today released its domestic schedule for July and August
The airline plans to operate around 55 percent of its usual domestic capacity (compared to pre-COVID-19 levels) during
July and August.
Since the start of Alert Level 2 the airline has been flying to the majority of the domestic ports it serviced
pre-COVID-19, albeit with reduced frequencies. Its Timaru-Wellington and Taupo-Auckland routes resume this coming
Monday.
Air New Zealand General Manager Networks Scott Carr says the airline continues to further build its domestic schedule.
“We’ve been encouraged by demand from leisure travellers recently and we’re also expecting demand for business travel to
continue to build. As a result, we have been working to add more flying to our domestic schedule from next month and
this includes additional services for the July school holidays.
“From next month, we’ll resume our Invercargill-Auckland A320 jet service which will operate four return services a week
and we’ll also resume operating our Invercargill-Wellington, Christchurch-Rotorua and Christchurch-New Plymouth routes.
These routes will add further direct connections for customers travelling between the North and South Islands.”
The airline will operate the following return services in July and August –Auckland to/from:DestinationWeekly returnsAircraft typeBlenheim16Q300Christchurch59A320Dunedin13A320Gisborne23Q300Invercargill4A320Kerikeri16Q300Napier36ATR/Q300Nelson32ATR/Q300New Plymouth25ATR/Q300Palmerston North37ATRRotorua10Q300Tauranga28ATR/Q300Taupo9Q300Wellington64A320Whangarei17Q300Queenstown47A320Wellington to/from:DestinationWeekly returnsAircraft typeBlenheim17Q300Dunedin19A320/ATRGisborne11Q300Hamilton27ATR/Q300Invercargill7Q300Napier16ATRNelson33ATR/Q300New Plymouth16ATR/Q300Rotorua16ATR/Q300Tauranga22ATR/Q300Timaru9Q300Queenstown19A320/ATR
Christchurch to/from:DestinationWeekly returnsAircraft typeDunedin25ATRHokitika9Q300Hamilton15ATRInvercargill20ATRNapier15ATR/Q300Nelson25Q300New Plymouth7Q300Palmerston North19ATRRotorua7Q300Tauranga10Q300Wellington66A320/ATR/Q300Queenstown18A320/ATR
Flights will be progressively available to book over the coming days at www.airnewzealand.co.nz. Additional frequencies will continue to be reintroduced back into the schedule as demand permits.
The airline will notify any affected customers in the coming days. Air New Zealand’s dedicated COVID-19 information hub is being updated continuously and customers should check this first, before calling the airline’s contact centre.