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“The new service will be convenient for Kiwis wanting to get to downtown Tokyo and for Japanese tourists looking to visit New Zealand. The mid-afternoon departure from Auckland will enable good connections from regional New Zealand and a similar mid-afternoon arrival time for the inbound flight means tourists will be able to make seamless domestic connections to the rest of New Zealand,” said Cam Wallace, Chief Revenue Officer, Air New Zealand.
The new Haneda services will depart Auckland on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, utilising the airline’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
Japan is New Zealand’s fifth largest tourism market, with visitor numbers rising 13.8% to 97,312 for the year ending October 2016. The number of New Zealanders travelling to Japan also grew in that period – up 15% to 32,920.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in