Air New Zealand inaugurates flights between Melbourne and Queenstown

This Friday (24) at 9:51 a.m. local time, the first Air New Zealand flight to Queenstown took off from Melbourne. Operations had been suspended since mid-2021.

Air New Zealand will have seven weekly services during the peak season. With this schedule, the airline will offer 1.175 seats per week on each leg.

The carrier’s flights between Melbourne and Queenstown will be operated on Airbus A320-200 and Airbus A320neo aircraft, with a capacity of 165 passengers.

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Schedule between Melbourne and Queenstown – Air New Zealand

Flight times

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
NZ 264	Melbourne (MEL)	9:20 a.m.	Queenstown (ZQN)	2:30 p.m.
NZ 265	Queenstown (ZQN)	3:30 p.m.	Melbourne (MEL)	5:05 p.m.

Frequencies

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Flight	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
NZ 264	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
NZ 265	×	×	×	×	×	×	×

In accordance with the Cirium platform, the company will have six weekly operations in October, and three services per week in November.

International routes from and to Queenstown – Air New Zealand

• Brisbane (BNE)
• Melbourne (MEL)
• Sydney (SYD)

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