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The first Air New Zealand tickets between Sydney and Auckland have been put on sale at Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport.
The trans-Tasman morning flight is set to be a staple at WSI, operating three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.
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The roughly three hour flight will depart Auckland at 6:00am (NZT) and arrive at WSI at 7:50am (AEST). The service will then depart WSI at 9:00am (AEST), landing back into Auckland at 2:15pm (NZT).
“Flying directly into Western Sydney opens up a catchment of more than 2.5 million people, including a significant New Zealand community, and supports stronger business, tourism and visiting friends and family links between our two countries,” said Air New Zealand’s General Manager (Short Haul and Domestic), Lucy Hall.
“Together with our services to Sydney Kingsford Smith, this new route gives customers more choice and flexibility when travelling between New Zealand and Australia.”
Air New Zealand currently offers extensive bookings between Sydney and Auckland, operating over five services every day.
This latest move to expand into WSI will provide more passengers with flexibility, and choice in their travel plans, as WSI CEO Simon Hickey says.
“This route will give Sydney riders greater connectivity to New Zealand’s largest city and main holiday destination, so they can enjoy more choice and flexibility, alongside WSI’s innovative and seamless customer experience in our state-of-the-art terminal,” he said.
The flights by the Kiwi carrier were achieved in part through the $16 million WSI Take-Off Fund that seeks to incentivise airlines to fly in and out of WSI and position Western Sydney as an incredibly strategic destination.
“Air New Zealand’s announcement today shows that while there are challenges facing the aviation sector today, they have bounced-back before and we fully expect demand for Trans-Tasman travel to return and grow again into the future,” said Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King.
Air New Zealand joins Singapore Airlines as the second international carrier to confirm services in and out of WSI.
Singapore Airlines announced in late March that it will operate a late night service between Sydney and Singapore via WSI from November, making use of the 24-hour airport.
“Singapore Airlines will operate daily non-stop flights from 23 November that will depart WSI just before midnight, with passengers arriving at the award-winning Changi Hub around 5am – offering a new era of global connectivity for Sydneysiders,” said Hickey.
Singapore Airlines currently operates four daily flights to Sydney.
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says:A bit of history repeating itself here:- many years ago, when the new BNE international terminal opened, (the one before the current one) an Air New Zealand DC8 optg WLG BNE arrived at night to be the last international flight at that facility. After arrival procedures were completed the A/C was towed to the new facility and became the first commercial operation at the new terminal optg BNE WLG. Amen