Air New Zealand introduces Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on Honolulu-Auckland route

HONOLULU, May 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- As the launch carrier of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Air New Zealand is now operating the aircraft on its popular Honolulu-Auckland route.

The airline is the first to operate the 787-9 aircraft out of Honolulu and this is the first time Air New Zealand is operating the Dreamliner on one of its North American routes.

The Dreamliner offers the airline's award-winning Economy Skycouch™, comfortable ink-colored luxury leather seats with leg rests in Premium Economy, and lie-flat beds in Business Premier on its Honolulu-Auckland route.

Air New Zealand Regional General Manager of the Americas, Nick Judd stated, "Introducing this revolutionary new aircraft enables us to offer a superior inflight experience for customers traveling between Honolulu and Auckland. We're also thrilled to deliver a 20 percent seat capacity increase."

Whether it's spending time in Auckland, or exploring other New Zealand cities, the airline is adding additional services to make it easier than ever for customers to fly Honolulu to Auckland within one day, avoiding the need for an overnight in Auckland. Air New Zealand allows for same day connections to 21 domestic New Zealand and eight Australian gateways.

Air New Zealand flies nonstop to Auckland from Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston. Services are operated by a fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft (Los Angeles & San Francisco) and 777-200ER (Vancouver & Houston) both featuring the airline's innovative Economy Skycouch™ and award-winning lie-flat Business Premier bed.

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About Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand, which celebrated its 75^th anniversary in 2015, operates on average 500 flights a day connecting customers to 22 destinations within New Zealand and to international ports across Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and the Pacific Islands.

North American services include non-stop flights to New Zealand from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Honolulu and Vancouver B.C., and Los Angeles non-stop flights to the Cook Islands and London.

Air New Zealand is proud to be a member of Star Alliance. The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Avianca in Brazil, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI and United. Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 18,500 daily flights to 1,330 airports in 192 countries.

For more information about Air New Zealand visit www.airnewzealand.com and for more information about Star Alliance visit www.staralliance.com and/or follow Star Alliance on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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