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Air New Zealand Will Start New York Flights

Air New Zealand is to launch the first nonstop flight connecting New York and New Zealand on September 17 2022, according to the airline. The flight, which will begin operations a few months after New Zealand’s expected reopening to U.S. tourists on May 2 2022, will travel three times each week between Auckland and New York’s JFK International Airport.

In the past, the airline’s flagship route was designated by the flight numbers 1 and 2. And it is for this reason that New York will serve as our premier route.”

Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran made the remarks in a written statement on Tuesday. During the last several years, we’ve worked tremendously hard to bring this ultra-long-haul service to fruition. It’s one of the world’s longest routes, taking just over 16 hours to go northbound and 17 and a half hours to travel southbound.”
According to Air New Zealand, the southbound route will be the fourth-longest route in the globe.

The start of JFK service would come almost two years after Air New Zealand announced plans to begin flying to the New York region with service from Auckland to Newark in the summer of 2015. It was planned for the service to become the carrier’s sixth route in the United States in October 2020, however that plan was halted because to the Covid-19 epidemic.

Air New Zealand will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which will have 27 seats in business class, 33 in premium economy, and 215 in economy, according to the airline. Aside from that, the aircraft will be equipped with 13 Economy Skycouches, which are rows of three economy seats that can be converted into a short couch after takeoff.

Prior to the pandemic, Air New Zealand was providing nonstop service from Auckland to Los Angeles, Houston Bush Intercontinental, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco, and Honolulu airports.

Because New Zealand has implemented severe Covid-19 travel regulations, the airline has only resumed service on the Los Angeles route at this time.

Following the cancellation of the remaining U.S. routes, the airline aims to resume service between April and October, according to Cirium scheduling data. San Francisco will be the first to open its doors in mid-April, followed by Honolulu and Houston in July and Chicago in late September, according to the schedule.

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