Today, Air New Zealand resumes its San Francisco service and says it looks forward to resuming flights to Honolulu on 4 July and to Houston on 7 July. The airline has also announced it is relaxing travel requirements domestically from today and internationally from 1 May.
San Francisco is calling and Air New Zealand is answering! From 14 April, the airline is resuming its direct service from Auckland to “The City”.
This follows the airline recently announcing the commencement of its new service between Auckland and New York, JFK from 17 September 2022, and the airline carrying passengers daily between Auckland and Los Angeles since March this year.
Air New Zealand has also been flying three times a week to Vancouver since February.
The services to San Francisco will initially operate three times a week with state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which offers more Premium seats than other Dreamliners in the airline’s fleet.
“Recommencing services across our North America routes as the border reopens is another step towards the gradual resumption of flights to destinations across our international network,” says Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty.
“Our North America network plays a key role in our Kia Mau Thrive strategy, so it’s great to be able to reopen another important port in the region. San Francisco is a year-round destination for Kiwis and equally, an important departure point for Americans looking to visit New Zealand and Australia.”
The airline has also updated its travel requirements.
From 14 April 2022, Air New Zealand customers will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination or negative test to fly around Aotearoa, and from 1 May 2022, it will remove its no jab, no-fly vaccination policy for international customers.
Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran says as New Zealand has seen a drop in transmission and is overall, a highly vaccinated population, removing some of the requirements makes sense.
“New Zealand is moving back towards a sense of normality,” he said.
“We’re aware that Covid is not behind us yet and we have taken a considered approach and will continue to revise safety measures depending on what we’re seeing here in New Zealand and around the world.”
Masks will still be required onboard under the airline’s orange traffic light setting for customers and employees.
For more information visit www.airnewzealand.com.au