Air New Zealand is increasing capacity on domestic flights as business and holiday travel demand picks up.Seat capacity will be boosted by 180,000 seats or 4.2% from September, taking the total number of services on its main trunk routes t
Air New Zealand is increasing capacity on domestic flights as business and holiday travel demand picks up.
Seat capacity will be boosted by 180,000 seats or 4.2% from September, taking the total number of services on its main trunk routes to more than 750 per week.
Air New Zealand general manager commercial Jeff McDowall said the increase follows the recently announced 3.8% capacity increase across the airline's entire domestic network from November and a 10.5% increase in domestic jet capacity from January next year.
“Our Boeing 737 services between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Dunedin have been experiencing a steady increase in demand over recent months and this has given us the confidence to add an additional 180,000 seats onto the main trunk routes,” he said.
“What this means for our customers is that we are adding a total of more than half a million additional seats on our domestic jet network from early next year – offering even more everyday low fares and increased frequency."
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