Taste buds are firing on all cylinders as Air New Zealand launches a tasty new menu in its regional lounges. Air New Zealand chief customer and sales officer Leanne Geraghty says these changes are another way the airline is adding value for its customers. “One of our most common pieces of regional lounge feedback is…
What you need to know for a camper van tour through New Zealand
If you are thinking of going on a camper van tour through New Zealand, here is what you need to know. New Zealand is the ideal destination for a camper van trip, especially if you have the time and money to spare. But how do you start to organise such a trip, and what do…
Re-think travel experiences with New Zealand
When it comes to re-thinking tourism, New Zealand invites travellers who are curious enough to look a little deeper and go a little further to discover more authentic, meaningful connections through transformative travel experiences. From tantalizing local cuisines to peaceful forests, from warm sandy beaches to adrenaline pumping activities, New Zealand helps you to broaden your…
Air New Zealand Touches Down In New York
The first of Air New Zealand’s nonstop flights between the city of sails and the city that never sleeps landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport yesterday. NZ2 took off from Auckland (AKL) at 7:40 p.m. NZDT on a Saturday, flying nonstop to New York (JFK) and taking a total of 15 hours and 46…
New Zealand Drops Vaccine Requirement For Travelers, Ditches Mask Mandates
New Zealand has officially decided to drop the vaccine requirement for international visitors, marking its end to some of the most stringent Covid rules in the world. Along with dropping the vaccine requirement, masks will no longer be mandatory in public. The official end to the vaccine requirement will come in about two weeks, on…
Air New Zealand highlights Māori culture in safety video
As New Zealand reopens to the world, Araraurangi Air New Zealand has launched a new safety video, and this time it’s the story of the Tiaki Promise. A promise that encourages both New Zealanders and international visitors to care for our place, our culture and our people. The story follows Tiaki, a young man who…
New Zealand reopens to travellers after two years
New Zealand has welcomed its first international tourists since March 2020 as part of the government’s phased reopening. Visitors from 60 visa-waiver nations, including the US and UK, can now enter for the first time since the closure of borders and the ensuing implementation of some of the world’s toughest contra pandemic measures. In emotional…
Air New Zealand to centralise Auckland operation and invest for future
Air New Zealand will bring its central Auckland team into the heart of its operation, future-proofing its infrastructure and reducing its property costs via a multi-year investment at its Auckland airport base. The airline will begin building a new aircraft hangar and has approved in-principle a project to centralise its Auckland workforce at a refurbished…
Air New Zealand welcomes Aussies back
Air New Zealand welcomed over 4,000 customers on board as the border restrictions between Australia and New Zealand were removed. The airline has eleven near-full flights arriving from Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Perth with the first touching down from Perth into Auckland. Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty said:…
New Zealand remains high on event planners’ lists
The New Zealand government recently announced its borders will reopen on 12 April to fully vaccinated Australian visitors and then from 1 May, vaccinated travellers from visa-waiver countries and those with valid visitor visas will be able to arrive. From these dates, visitors will be able to travel to New Zealand without needing to self-isolate.…
