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Old May 27, 2010, 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by WLGNZ
You know I can't help feeling NZ has missed a big opportunity here. Sure the 789's are late but could a 772ER not have reached IAH? Even a couple of times a week to get things started?
CO's timings look great for accessing connections all over the eastern USA which has been tough to do over LAX or SFO.
I am not sure about the big opportunity. There will be almost no traffic from NZ going to IAH itself so it all depends on connections. And most people seem to be happy with the connections they get out of LAX and SFO.

Originally Posted by Mr. Bean
So the CO plane will be in AKL for 10 hours or so.. I wonder if they will add on another destination from AKL
I doubt it. 10 hours would just be enough to do AKL-SYD-AKL and that route is covered by NZ quite nicely.
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