Air New Zealand Air Points - Trans Tasman fare sale

Latest tasman express smart saver fares (http://www.airnz.co.nz/bookingsandoffers/specialoffers/new_year_tasman_fares.htm). On some routes, tax is more than the OW fare!

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Itinerary One Way Price
Christchurch - Brisbane $169*

Christchurch - Melbourne $119*

Christchurch - Sydney $119*

Wellington - Melbourne $119*

Wellington - Sydney $119*

Auckland - Melbourne $119*

Auckland - Sydney $119*

Auckland - Norfolk Island $149*

Queenstown - Sydney $149*



[This message has been edited by Kiwi Flyer (edited Jan 19, 2004).]

Its probably all due to Virgin as Pacificblue (http://www.flypacificblue.com) starting flights into and out of Christchurch in early March

Both QF and Air NZ have lowered fares in particular to / from Christchurch, which happens to be Pacificblue’s NZ base

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Mwenenzi:
Its probably all due to Virgin as Pacificblue (http://www.flypacificblue.com) starting flights into and out of Christchurch in early March

Both QF and Air NZ have lowered fares in particular to / from Christchurch, which happens to be Pacificblue’s NZ base</font>

Undoubtedly a factor, as is the increase in number of airlines and capacity serving AKL-SYD route. Speaking of which, I wonder how much Emirates is affecting NZ? Does anyone know?

However Virgin has said AKL is not a priority at this stage. IIRC first flights are CHC only. WLG and HLZ to follow. DUD, ZQN and a couple others floating around as speculation.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Kiwi Flyer:
Undoubtedly a factor, as is the increase in number of airlines and capacity serving AKL-SYD route. Speaking of which, I wonder how much Emirates is affecting NZ? Does anyone know?</font>

AU$450 RT (including taxes) MEL-AKL on Emirates are easily obtainable. For 21 Jan (tomorrow) F4J4Y4M4B4K4H4Q4L4V4 (4 the max they show). Looking at EK web site they would sell me a $450 RT for tomorrow. Even the cheapest V fare is still available for tomorrow

Little EK adverting on this on the Tasman.
Would think EK having little effect on Air NZ & QF


[This message has been edited by Mwenenzi (edited Jan 19, 2004).]