Air New Zealand Extends International Schedule to End-June

Air New Zealand has extended its COVID19 international schedule through to 30 June 2021 in response to ongoing travel restrictions and low passenger demand.

The schedule is designed to keep air links open for essential travel and cargo movement on key trade routes.

Air New Zealand’s General Manager Networks, Scott Carr, said, "Our schedule is driven by a number of factors including airport takeoff and landing slots which generally operate on a 'use it or lose it' basis. This means if you don't fly the majority of your schedule you may lose access to airports.

"We have been waiting to receive slot alleviation for the April to end of June period, which means our regular slot times are protected even if we can’t fly them all. As this is now progressing, we are now able to move ahead with adapting our schedule through to 30 June to better reflect the low demand environment we are currently operating in.

"We understand these are very uncertain times and it can be tricky for people looking to get home with a lot of things needing to line up including flights, testing and managed isolation bookings. We feel a responsibility to ensure Kiwis can come home and are doing our best to make this happen as smoothly as possible. We strongly recommend customers check government border restrictions for the relevant countries and/or individual passport requirements before booking a ticket."

The updated schedule from 28 March 2021 to 30 June 2021 is as follows:

Air New Zealand has not made any changes to its trans-Tasman services at this stage.

All services are subject to change in line with global travel and border restrictions.

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