Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
i wonder why they didn't do AKL-PVG with a PEK add-on a couple times a week? Or is it not allowed for foreign airlines to do that? (I guess there really aren't transit facilities in places like PVG... although maybe pax could have stayed on board...)
It is definitely allowed. TK used to do IST-PEK-PVG and LH is about to launch FRA-SHE-TAO abiet no 8th freedom rights.
I don't think NZ can secure slots in PEK that would time nicely with their PVG schedules. Plus I think NZ is happier to ferry pax through HKG which has better transit facillities on to CA services to PEK.