Air New Zealand NW23 Trans-Tasman Network Overview/Changes – 24OCT23

Published at 0100GMT 25OCT23

Air New Zealand since June 2023 filed various adjustments to its planned Trans-Tasman network for Northern winter 2023/24 season. Since AeroRoutes’ last report on 06JUN23, the airline has scaled back planned frequency increase on selected markets, which will be noted in parenthesis.

Auckland – Brisbane eff 29OCT23 Increase from 2 to 3 daily
Auckland – Gold Coast eff 11DEC23 Increase from 7 to 8 weekly
Auckland – Melbourne eff 29OCT23 Increase from 23 to 25 weekly (28 from 11DEC23 instead of 29OCT23
Auckland – Sydney eff 29OCT23 Increase from 28 to 34 weekly (36 from 04DEC23, 37 from 11DEC23, 35 from 01FEB24; Previous: increase from 28 to 41 weekly)
Christchurch – Melbourne eff 04DEC23 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly (Previous: eff 29OCT23. Week of 29OCT23 continues to list 10 weekly, reverting to 7 weekly from 05NOV23 to 03DEC23)
Christchurch – Sydney eff 03JAN24 Increase from 7 to 9 weekly (10 from 07FEB24)
Queenstown – Sydney 11DEC23 – 06FEB24 Increase from 4 to 7 weekly (NZ initially filed 7 weekly during the same period. In late-May, this was filed with 7 weekly for entire season)
Wellington – Sydney eff 29OCT23 1 daily service maintained (Previous: increase to 2 daily)

By February 2024, Air New Zealand’s Trans-Tasman network overview as follows (selected weeks may see frequency variations):
Auckland – Adelaide 4 weekly
Auckland – Brisbane 21 weekly
Auckland – Gold Coast 8 weekly
Auckland – Hobart 3 weekly
Auckland – Melbourne 28 weekly
Auckland – Perth 7 weekly
Auckland – Sydney 35 weekly
Christchurch – Brisbane 7 weekly
Christchurch – Gold Coast 2 weekly
Christchurch – Melbourne 10 weekly
Christchurch – Sydney 9 weekly
Queenstown – Melbourne 3 weekly
Queenstown – Sydney 4 weekly
Wellington – Brisbane 7 weekly
Wellington – Melbourne 7 weekly
Wellington – Sydney 7 weekly

The following is Air New Zealand’s Trans-Tasman operation in February 1994, taken from OAG Desktop Flight Guide, Feb 1994 Worldwide edition.
Auckland – Adelaide 1 weekly 767
Auckland – Brisbane 13 weekly 767 (747 also scheduled in Feb 1994)
Auckland – Cairns 1 weekly 767
Auckland – Melbourne 7 weekly 767
Auckland – Perth 2 weekly 767
Auckland – Sydney 15 weekly 747/767
Christchurch – Hobart 1 weekly 737
Christchurch – Melbourne 5 weekly 767
Christchurch – Sydney 2 weekly 767
Wellington – Brisbane 3 weekly 767
Wellington – Melbourne 3 weekly 767
Wellington – Sydney 2 weekly 767