https://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/en/about-us/media-centre/media-releases/2019/charter-service-announced-between-korea-and-the-south-island/ KE will be operating charter services to CHC this summer - details in the press release are a little sparse, but says it will be operated by 77E and the fi...
Jump to postVA has crew bases in AKL and CHC, and NZ has crew bases for its regional fleet in Nelson NSN, Tauranga TRG, and New Plymouth NPL
Jump to postDoes anyone know why HX is only extending its code to VA's SYD - AKL / ZQN flights, and not SYD - WLG / CHC? See: https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279053/hong-kong-airlines-expands-virgin-australia-codeshare-from-july-2018/. Cheers, C. I know that CHC-SYD is now a seasonal service ...
Jump to postUnsure about ZQN, but QF ground services are contracted to PlaneBiz in CHC and WLG. And as for NZ at CNS - they use Aerocare. Maybe someone else on here can fill in the rest of the blanks? PlaneBiz being majority owned by Menzies anyway, correct? (it's hard to find much info about them) Yes, to the...
Jump to postNZ have very limited ground staff in Australia anymore though, all the big cities are contracted out to Dnata (not sure who does OOL, CNS, MCY). It used to be QF for a long time too... changing back would likely only increase NZ's costs. I know QF use Menzies in AKL, and I'd be shocked if they had ...
Jump to postMaybe also another Chinese airline. Fingers crossed for continued international interest in CHC. Another Chinese airline would be my prediction as the next long haul development for CHC. Perhaps MU to PVG? CHC has seen over 100,000 Chinese visitor arrivals in the 12 months to March 2018 (an increas...
Jump to postKashmon wrote:darn I was hoping it would go year round 3 weekly, daily over summer.
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/277122/cathay-pacific-re-opens-christchurch-bookings-in-nw1819/ CX has reopened bookings for their seasonal HKG-CHC services. Also looks like no alteration has been made to the schedule... makes me question why bookings were suspended in the first pl...
Jump to postNoticed recently that there had not been a post from 'sunrisevalley' since early September. Unfortunately Hugh is no longer with us. We exchanged occasional emails and I will miss his contributions. http://deaths.nelsonmail.co.nz/obituaries/nelson-mail-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=186772187 Hugh explained ...
Jump to posthttps://www.stuff.co.nz/business/97746417/emirates-eyes-more-nz-longhaul-flights Emirates suspending the BNE-AKL and MEL-AKL tag-ons from March 2018. Capacity being replaced by additional QF frequencies, and upgauging some services to A330s. Emirates has implied that they "may add more New Zeal...
Jump to postOn another note, what is the international line up at CHC this summer? Is it: CZ - 788 daily EK - A388 daily CI - A333 4x weekly via ? SQ - 772 daily FJ ? 738 VA ? 738 QF ? 738 Anything missing? http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/90760989/singapore-airlines-announces-additional-services-to-and-from...
Jump to post4 stops for me while I was on my way to Norway as an exchange student in 2013
CHC-SYD-SIN-LHR-OSL-TOS
On a mix of QF (CHC-SYD), BA (SYD-SIN-LHR-OSL), and SK (OSL-TOS)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/95123769/originair-will-offer-direct-flight-between-new-plymouth-and-nelson After a couple of years on the NSN-PMR route, it appears that Originair is expanding They've announced a 4 weekly service between Nelson and New Plymouth starting September 29 A browse of the b...
Jump to posthttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/273519/jetstar-new-zealand-regional-reductions-july-oct-2017/ Some pretty reasonable and short notice JQ reductions for Winter! Pretty short noticed for it being School Hoildays in July. Auckland – New Plymouth Reduce from 20* to 9 weekly (JQ365/364 ...
Jump to postThis alleviates one of the UAE's 4 daily 5th freedom frequencies between Australia and New Zealand. When should we start speculating about new services? Might EY start flights to AKL? Or perhaps EK extend a service to WLG? Or might the status quo remain for the foreseeable future?
Jump to postI can only comment on a few continents Europe Best: MUC Very good signage, little-to-no waiting, great airport Worst: IST A lot of waiting, complex layout Asia Best: SIN In my opinion it's hands down the best transfer airport in the world, clear signage, abundance of transfer amenities Worst: CAN Mo...
Jump to postAnywhere from CHC! Used to be my hometown, but I still love hearing about new services there even though I live much closer to WLG nowadays. In particular: (Upgrades from seasonal to year-round services) NZ CHC-PER CX CHC-HKG CI CHC-MEL-TPE New Services NZ CHC-LAX (Connecting to NZ1 and NZ2 to/from ...
Jump to postmore information on NZ's choice of no J class on new A321's - but we knew it lol Air New Zealand has chosen to go the all-economy route for its new Airbus A321neo and A320neo jets, which will take wing later this year. The Star Alliance member has been steadily edging away from a commitment to busi...
Jump to postChina Southern is further increasing frequency on the CAN-CHC route over the peak summer months CZ had previously planned on increasing the frequency from 3 weekly to 5 weekly from December 12 to February 27, however today has announced that between January 15 and February 17 they will further incre...
Jump to postFiji Airways is adding a third year round frequency on the NAN-CHC-NAN route from January 3rd Apparently this is on the back of a 47% rise in passenger figures between CHC and Fiji over the past financial year FJ450 NAN 09:30-13:35 CHC B738 246 FJ451 CHC 14:35-18:35 NAN B738 246 http://www.christchu...
Jump to posthttp://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/en ... ctober-30/ And it's confirmed!! EK is sending the A380 to CHC from October 30th, and they are also dropping the stop in BKK The arrival and departure times will also be altered due to the more direct routing (arriving earlier and departing later) and the l...
Jump to postI remember quite a few years ago now that Air New Zealand operated a service between AKL and CHC which operated between the international terminals of each airport. The flight was only sold to transfer traffic however as it was treated as though it were an international flight, the purpose being so ...
Jump to posthttp://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/en ... et-demand/ "From December 2 to January 28, Asiana Airlines will fly a weekly service between Incheon, Seoul and Christchurch Airport, to bring 2500 visitors to the South Island." More good news for CHC! Apparently OZ will be using a 77E on the se...
Jump to post777ER wrote:I've heard a rumour Origin Air is re-launching NSN-PMR services in September using Inflite services
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nascarnut" class="quote" target="_blank">nascarnut</a> (<a href="#134" class="quote">Reply 134</a>):<br/><i>Or <acronym title="Wellington - Inte...
Jump to postMy inner child wants to call at least one "The Soaring Swag-Wagon"
But in all seriousness, I'd love to name them after the Māori names for New Zealand birds
e.g.
Kereru (Wood Pigeon)
Kōtare (Kingfisher)
Kea (Alpine Parrot)
Toroa (Albatross)
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Andrensn" class="quote" target="_blank">Andrensn</a> (<a href="#112" class="quote">Reply 112</a>):<br/><i>What is the source of these figures as...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Andrensn" class="quote" target="_blank">Andrensn</a> (<a href="#108" class="quote">Reply 108</a>):<br/><i>A long shot would be setting up servic...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/77407233/kiwi-regional-airlines-announce-new-flights-for-nelson.html" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...nounce-new-flights-for-nelson.html</a> <a href="http://flykiwiair.co.nz/schedules-flight-times/flights/" target="_blank">ht...
Jump to postVirgin Australia has announced plans to introduce a seasonal direct service between <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC / NZCH), New Zealand">CHC</acronym> and RAR Previously served by <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym>, the VA service will begin on June 25 and run weekly ev...
Jump to postIf my memory serves me correctly, signage in <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC / NZCH), New Zealand">CHC</acronym> is predominantly in English, but many signs also have Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translations, despite currently having no direct links to Japan or Korea (CZ introduc...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/en/about-us/media-centre/media-releases/2015/christchurch-airport-surprises-a-milestone-passenger/" target="_blank">http://www.christchurchairport.co.nz...t-surprises-a-milestone-passenger/</a> Looks like <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC...
Jump to post<a href="http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/27/cz-fcochc-w15/" target="_blank">http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/27/cz-fcochc-w15/</a> Source for the <acronym title="China Southern Airlines">CZ</acronym> to <acronym title="CURRENT: Guangzhou - Baiyun (CAN / ZGGG), China AND OLD: Guangzhou - Baiyun (CAN /...
Jump to postI'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned that Originair had it's inaugural service today! There's a great photo of <acronym title="Great Lakes Aviation (USA)">ZK</acronym>-JSH going through a water-cannon salute <a href="http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co....
Jump to post<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/71027703/brisbane-and-sydney-to-christchurch-flights-for-summer" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/7102...to-christchurch-flights-for-summer</a> <i>"Qantas will add Brisbane and Sydney flights through South Island gateway Christchurch Airport ov...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mariner" class="quote" target="_blank">mariner</a> (<a href="#38" class="quote">Reply 38</a>):<br/><i>Nelson-Palmerston North</i></font></td></t...
Jump to postKRA Announces their first routes! <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/69662951/kiwi-regional-airlines-names-start-date-and-routes" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indu...rlines-names-start-date-and-routes</a> DUD-<acronym title="Queenstown - Frankton (ZQN / NZQN), New...
Jump to postTheir flight to <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC / NZCH), New Zealand">CHC</acronym> used to be 1 stop, routing <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Austr...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AWACSooner" class="quote" target="_blank">AWACSooner</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>there is NOTHING that says "tourism" f...
Jump to postNorth: TOS
South: DUD
East: ROT
West: SFO
Bonus: FCO
Sounds Air made their inaugural Wellington-Taupo services today <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/69038521/sounds-air-makes-inaugural-flight-from-taupo-to-wellington.html" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6903...ight-from-taupo-to-wellington.html</a> Well that's another dropped...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/sunrisevalley" class="quote" target="_blank">sunrisevalley</a> (<a href="#152" class="quote">Reply 152</a>):<br/><i>since there is no direct ser...
Jump to postI love my statistics, and I avidly follow <acronym title="Christchurch - International (CHC / NZCH), New Zealand">CHC</acronym>'s monthly release of statistics in their market reports I would like to note the impressive growth in international figures through <acronym title="Christchurch - Internati...
Jump to postAaaand we have another one - a new NZ safety video, this time with a surfing theme <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i> The new video, called Surfing Safari, was released on Thursday and featu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Sylus" class="quote" target="_blank">Sylus</a> (<a href="#77" class="quote">Reply 77</a>):<br/><i>Must not be many left..</i></font></td></tr></...
Jump to postI've done the <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> leg several times (my longest flight by both distance and duration). One time that was particularly memorable was on a <acronym title=...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/246955/singapore-airlines-outlines-a380boeing-777-premium-economy-operations-from-aug-2015/" target="_blank">http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/...-economy-operations-from-aug-2015/</a> Found details of which routes will be getting Premium ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/zkncj" class="quote" target="_blank">zkncj</a> (<a href="#97" class="quote">Reply 97</a>):<br/><i>Hopefully this could in see demand for <acrony...
Jump to postBucket Lists Airlines: <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> <acronym title="Asiana Airlines (South Korea)">OZ</acronym> <acronym title="Korean Air">KE</acronym> <acronym title="All-Nippon Airways (Japan)">NH</acronym> <acronym tit...
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