Air New Zealand ramps up school holiday schedule with 30,000 extra seats across Aotearoa

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Air New Zealand is making ready to welcome practically half one million prospects on its home community over the July school holidays as travellers look to take advantage of a mid-winter getaway.

Air New Zealand Chief Operating Officer, Alex Marren says the airline has added hundreds extra seats across its operation this July to assist join Kiwis with one another.

“We’ve seen impressive demand for travel across Aotearoa over the school holiday period. To help get customers where they need to be, we’ve added 30,000 seats across 240 domestic flights. That means we have nearly half a million customers expected to travel with us from Friday 5 July until Sunday 21July.”

“The subsequent two weeks aren’t simply going to be a busy time within the air, however in our airports as nicely, and our groups are gearing up to make sure our prospects’ journeys are as easy as potential.

“If you’re travelling with little ones, or in case you’re carrying some extra winter gear, enable your self loads of time to examine in, drop your luggage and make your solution to the gate.

“The weather at this time of year can also cause disruption, so we recommend customers download the Air New Zealand app for the latest updates on their flight. Of course, it’s always a good idea to purchase travel insurance to ensure you’re protected in the event of a weather-related disruption.”

Topping the listing of school holiday hotspots is Queenstown, with 31,000 prospects heading to the beloved winter vacation spot.

Dunedin is the place to be for the opening weekend of the vacations, because the All Blacks tackle England within the southern metropolis on Saturday 6 July. Air New Zealand has placed on 9 extra return flights, or 2,250 extra seats over the weekend to get followers to the sport.

An additional 274,000 travellers can be jetting off abroad over the interval, with the Australian cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane rising as the preferred worldwide school holiday locations, with Singapore and Fiji additionally proving to be in style locations.

Top ideas when flying these school holidays

• Double examine the non-public particulars in your reserving are appropriate to keep away from any airport hold-ups
• Download the Air NZ cell app and subscribe to its Travel Alert service to maintain up to this point on the go
• Allow loads of time to get to the airport and thru safety as it may take a bit longer than typical – particularly with extra winter gear
• As all the time, e book journey insurance coverage to make sure you’re protected within the occasion of a weather-related disruption (which will be extra frequent within the winter months!)

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