{"id":8103,"date":"2020-05-18T03:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2020-05-18T03:53:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:53:25","slug":"air-new-zealand-to-resume-taupo-and-timaru-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8103","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand to Resume Taupo and Timaru Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Air\u00a0New\u00a0Zealand will restart flights to and from Taupo and Timaru on 8 June.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-1-1.jpg?fit=640%2C220\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-1-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-1-1-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-1-1-1024x352.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-1-1-768x264.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption>Lake Taupo, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline has started operating to the majority of its domestic ports with the country&#8217;s move to Alert Level 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air&nbsp;New&nbsp;Zealand General Manager Networks Scott Carr says the airline has been encouraged by the customer response to its recently released schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re pleased to be able to restart both our Taupo-Auckland and Timaru-Wellington routes early next month and we know this news will be welcomed by these towns and their wider regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-2-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Timaru, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bringing Taupo and Timaru back into our domestic schedule means we&#8217;ll soon operate to all 20 of the domestic destinations we serviced pre COVID-19, albeit with reduced frequencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially the airline will operate three return services a week between Taupo and Auckland on Monday, Wednesday and Friday as well as three return services per week between Timaru and Wellington also on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional frequencies will be reintroduced back into Air&nbsp;New&nbsp;Zealand&#8217;s domestic schedule as demand permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights are available to book now at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnewzealand.co.nz\/home\">www.airnewzealand.co.nz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Timaru_Airport.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Timaru_Airport.jpg 640w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Timaru_Airport-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Deplaning passengers at Timaru Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air New Zealand has announced it will restart flights to and from Taupo and Timaru on 8 June, 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