New Zealand Getting There & Away

Getting There & Away

International airports are at Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Flights take from around 31/2 hours from Australia, 10 from Pacific Rim countries, 12 from the West coast of the United States and considerably longer depending on stops from the United Kingdom. Travelling Westbound There are direct route such as the Air New Zealand flight 001, which operates between London and Auckland via Los Angeles. Other connections are available via US cities such as San Francisco and Seattle, though you might as well spend a little time in the city you are travelling via, due to the hassle of the necessity to clear US immigration to transit through the city because of the current US security restrictions. Travelling Eastbound There are a range of stopover options to New Zealand with cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong being particularly popular although there are alternate options including Osaka or Tokyo in Japan or a more adventurous route via Bangkok. Although the only real regional one-stop connection to New Zealand is from Manchester via Singapore with Singapore airlines. Due to its large expatriate Polynesian and Melanesian communities, New Zealand has more extensive direct flight options to South Pacific nations such as Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and the Cook Islands than almost any other country. Aerolineas Argentina provides a biweekly service direct to Buenos Aires from Auckland, forging a new connection between the two nations.