Air New Zealand has resumed flights between Auckland and San Francisco and introduced agency restart dates to Honolulu and Houston. With the airline already again flying to Los Angeles and launching its long-awaited nonstop providers to New York and Chicago later this 12 months, New Zealand’s nationwide provider will probably be working to 6 US cities by the tip of October.

Air New Zealand’s SFO flights resume

On Thursday, Air New Zealand pushed again its first common passenger service to San Francisco in a very long time. NZ8 is now departing Auckland (AKL) at 19:50 native time each Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday for the 12-hour flight throughout the Pacific to San Francisco (SFO), touchdown there at 12:50 native time on the identical day.

After half a day on the bottom in SFO, the identical aircraft turns round to function NZ7 again to Auckland, departing San Francisco at 22:05 each Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday for the run right down to AKL, touching down in New Zealand’s greatest metropolis at 06:10 two days later. All of Air New Zealand’s US providers are serviced by its three-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners function all of the airline’s US flights. Picture: Getty Photographs

Air New Zealand reboots its US community as New Zealand reopens

After starting to let totally vaccinated Kiwis return house earlier this 12 months and elevating the border gates to totally vaccinated Australians this week, New Zealand will reopen to totally vaccinated vacationers from its lengthy listing of visa waiver international locations (together with the US) on Could 1, and barring any additional hiccups, will reopen to vacationers from anyplace in October – topic to New Zealand’s regular entry necessities. Additionally from Could 1, Air New Zealand will finish its present no jab, no-fly vaccination coverage for worldwide passengers.

“Recommencing providers throughout our North America routes because the border reopens is one other step in direction of the gradual resumption of flights to locations throughout our worldwide community,” says Leanne Geraghty, Chief Buyer and Gross sales Officer at Air New Zealand.

In additional aviation information, Houston (IAH) will see Air New Zealand flights resume on Thursday, July 7. NZ28 will depart Auckland at 21:55 native time each Monday, Thursday, and Saturday and make the 13-and-a-half-hour flight throughout to the Texan metropolis, touchdown in Houston at 16:20 native time on the identical day. Later that day, Air New Zealand’s Dreamliner will depart Houston at 21:55 to make the 15-hour trek again to AKL, touchdown there at 05:55 two days later – simply in time for breakfast.

Air New Zealand’s US community on the finish of 2022. Picture: gcmap.com

The most effective US community of any Southwest Pacific airline

On Tuesday, July 12, Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9s can even restart providers to Honolulu (HNL). NZ10 will depart Auckland at 21:55 each Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday to fly the leisurely eight-and-a-half-hour hop as much as Honolulu, touchdown there at 08:30 native time on the identical day. After a reasonably quick 90-minute turnaround, NZ9 will depart HNL each Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 10:00 and hustle again to Auckland, touchdown at 17:00 the next day.

Air New Zealand’s thrice-weekly Dreamliner flights to New York JFK begin on September 17 and supply the one nonstop flights between any Southwest Pacific metropolis and the largest metropolis within the US. The identical may be stated for Air New Zealand’s flights between Auckland and Chicago (ORD), slated to begin on October 30. Alongside the prevailing flights between Auckland and Los Angeles, that is a tidy six cities within the US Air New Zealand will fly to by the years’ finish – simply the most effective US community of any airline from the Southwest Pacific.

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