Air New Zealand secures capacity to maintain international summer schedule

To help maintain our international schedule, Air New Zealand alliance partner Cathay Pacific will take over operations of the Hong Kong-Auckland return service for most of the next three months.

The move allows Air New Zealand capacity flexibility in its international operations as it deals with the impact of issues with the Rolls Royce engines on its Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

Cathay Pacific will introduce an additional Airbus A350-900 aircraft on the Auckland-Hong Kong route from 6 January to 19 January 2020. The 280-seat aircraft will operate daily and has Business, Premium Economy and Economy seating available for customers.

Cathay Pacific will also operate a Boeing 777-300 on the same route from 1 February through to 28 March 2020. The 294-seat aircraft also has Business, Premium Economy and Economy cabins and will operate daily in February and five times a week in March.

If your flight is scheduled to be operated by these aircraft, you will be advised at the time of booking. Customers booked to travel with Air New Zealand on this route during this time will be automatically transferred to these services.

Air New Zealand will progressively contact customers affected by these changes. Customers who booked via a travel agent (including online travel agents) will be contacted by their booking agent. Please note, if you are booked on a CX flight number your booking agent or Cathay Pacific will contact you regarding the change.

The Cathay Pacific operated services will depart Auckland at 11:45am in January, (11:40am in February and March), arriving in Hong Kong at 6:00pm. The flight from Hong Kong will depart at 6:25pm, arriving in Auckland at 10:25am the next day local time.