Air New Zealand adds business-timed flights for regions

Air New Zealand will operate business-timed flights in and out of a number of regional ports from next month.
29 May 2020

The flights 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 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.  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."

The new flights are as follows:

 Route

Hamilton-Wellington

Time 

Departs Hamilton 7:30am
Departs Wellington 6:05pm

 Route

Tauranga-Auckland

Time 

Departs Tauranga 7:00am
Departs Auckland 6:15pm

 Route

Napier-Auckland

Time 

Departs Napier 7:20am
Departs Auckland 3:30pm/6:30pm

 Route

New Plymouth-Auckland

Time 

Departs New Plymouth 8:05am
Departs Auckland 4:25pm

 Route

New Plymouth-Wellington

Time 

Departs New Plymouth 7:30am
Departs Wellington 5:00pm

 Route

Palmerston North-Auckland

Time 

Departs Palmerston North 7:15am
Departs Auckland 4:30pm

 Route

Nelson-Auckland

Time 

Departs Nelson 6:30am/8:05am
Departs Auckland 3:00pm/5.20pm

 Route

Nelson-Wellington

Time 

Departs Nelson 7:05am
Departs Wellington 4:30pm/5:50pm

 Route

Nelson-Christchurch

Time 

Departs Nelson 7:25am
Departs Christchurch 6:15pm

 Route

Dunedin-Christchurch

Time 

Departs Dunedin 7:00am
Departs Christchurch 5:55pm

 Route

Invercargill-Christchurch 

Time 

Departs Invercargill 8:45am
Departs Christchurch 4:45pm

The business-timed flights take effect from 8 June are available to book now on the Air New Zealand website.

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Issued by Air New Zealand Communications.

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