Four months after launching in Australia, Hong Kong Airlines is ready to expand its Oceania network across the Tasman with its first-ever direct service to Auckland, New Zealand.
Commencing 10 November this year, the airline will send its 283-seater Airbus A332 to fly daily between the Kiwi city and Hong Kong.
It’s the latest in a string of new services to the Land of the Long White Cloud, including Emirates’ new Dubai-Auckland service, Air New Zealand’s new Manila, Houston and Buenos Aires flights, as well as Air Asia X’s tri Kuala Lumpur-Gold Coast-Auckland service. Qatar is also pegged to launch flights on the Doha-Auckland route, but recently pushed back the launch date to December this year.
According to Hong Kong Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer, Li Dianchun, the new daily flights will help meet the steady year-on-year increase in holidaymakers from Hong Kong and China to New Zealand.
“Leveraging on our connectivity in Asia via the international hub Hong Kong, we believe this Hong Kong Airlines new service to Auckland will be welcomed by passengers from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Okinawa, Tokyo, Bangkok and Taipei, offering them more travel options.”
Li Dianchun, Hong Kong Airlines Chief Commercial Officer
Flight HX021 will depart Hong Kong at 3.20pm to arrive in Auckland at 7.30am the following day. The return service will depart at 9.30am and arrive in Hong Kong at 3.55pm.
