Originally Posted by
mtimmer
Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
6 hours is normally fine, I typically allow 4 hours for separate tickets domestic and international at AKL. However, these aren't normal times. You have two key risks - cancellation of your ZQN to AKL flight due to weather disruption or crew. If the flight is cancelled you are not guaranteed to get to AKL same day. For this reason, if it is important to you to make the international flight I would fly up the day before.
I appreciate your take and it's exactly what I'll need to weigh. Since the flights are several months away, I can also see how things develop. I don't need the risk to be 0%, but ideally it would be <5%.
ZQN is a small airport-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown_Airport
If ZQN AKL does not fly what are the options?
Later flight on NZ or JQ (if any exist)?
Drive to CHC or DUD or IVC? And then fly if you can get a flight
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