Air New Zealand plans to operate around 55 per cent of its usual domestic capacity (compared to pre-Covid-19 levels) during July and August.
The carrier is currently operating around 20 per cent of its usual domestic capacity compared with pre-Covid-19 levels. It 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.
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,” he said.
Carr added that the carrier plans to resume its Invercargill-Auckland A320 jet service which will operate four return services a week, as well as its Invercargill-Wellington, Christchurch-Rotorua and Christchurch-New Plymouth routes.
The airline said flights will be “progressively” available to book over the coming days via the Air New Zealand website. It also said additional frequencies will continue to be reintroduced back into the schedule as demand permits.
The airline will operate the following return services in July and August:
Auckland to/from:
Destination | Weekly returns | Aircraft type |
---|---|---|
Blenheim | 16 | Q300 |
Christchurch | 59 | A320 |
Dunedin | 13 | A320 |
Gisborne | 23 | Q300 |
Invercargill | 4 | A320 |
Kerikeri | 16 | Q300 |
Napier | 36 | ATR/Q300 |
Nelson | 32 | ATR/Q300 |
New Plymouth | 25 | ATR/Q300 |
Palmerston North | 37 | ATR |
Rotorua | 10 | Q300 |
Tauranga | 28 | ATR/Q300 |
Taupo | 9 | Q300 |
Wellington | 64 | A320 |
Whangarei | 17 | Q300 |
Queenstown | 47 | A320 |
Wellington to/from:
Destination | Weekly returns | Aircraft type |
---|---|---|
Blenheim | 17 | Q300 |
Dunedin | 19 | A320/ATR |
Gisborne | 11 | Q300 |
Hamilton | 27 | ATR/Q300 |
Invercargill | 7 | Q300 |
Napier | 16 | ATR |
Nelson | 33 | ATR/Q300 |
New Plymouth | 16 | ATR/Q300 |
Rotorua | 16 | ATR/Q300 |
Tauranga | 22 | ATR/Q300 |
Timaru | 9 | Q300 |
Queenstown | 19 | A320/ATR |
Christchurch to/from:
Destination | Weekly returns | Aircraft type |
---|---|---|
Dunedin | 25 | ATR |
Hokitika | 9 | Q300 |
Hamilton | 15 | ATR |
Invercargill | 20 | ATR |
Napier | 15 | ATR/Q300 |
Nelson | 25 | Q300 |
New Plymouth | 7 | Q300 |
Palmerston North | 19 | ATR |
Rotorua | 7 | Q300 |
Tauranga | 10 | Q300 |
Wellington | 66 | A320/ATR/Q300 |
Queenstown | 18 | A320/ATR |