Air New Zealand adds domestic flights timed for business travel to eight regions

The carrier said the flights, which will depart in the morning and arrive in the evening, will allow customers in Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Nelson, Dunedin and Invercargill to undertake a day of business in either Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.

Air New Zealand began resuming some of its domestic schedule after New Zealand entered Alert level 2, under which businesses are allowed to open and travel between regions is also permitted. The carrier is operating around 20 percent of its usual domestic capacity at Level 2 compared with pre-Covid-19 levels.

Air New Zealand General Manager Networks Scott Carr says the airline has also timed flights allowing those in the “main centres” to be able to fly to the majority of these regions for a day of business.

“Since publishing our domestic schedule for Alert Level 2, we’ve seen a good initial response from leisure travellers. As we further build our domestic schedule, we’re looking to cater for resumed business travel which we know helps support economic activity in regional New Zealand,” he said.

“As our corporate customers get moving again, we encourage take-up of these new services which depart first thing in the morning, returning in the late afternoon or evening,” he added.

The airline will operate the following schedule (local times):

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