Air New Zealand is to increase its direct services between Auckland and Vancouver to four a week from early December to meet strong customer demand. The new non-stop service was launched in November with three trips per week, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The fourth service will operate on Thursday's for the peak travel season commencing 04 December 2008 until 26 March 2009.

Air New Zealand Group General Manager International Airline Ed Sims said today that Vancouver was proving to be one of the airline’s most successful route launches in recent years. “We had always forecast strong uptake for the new service, but it’s fair to say that we’ve been pleasantly surprised by the strength of the demand shown by customers in both markets,” he says. “We’re looking to build our services to daily as soon as possible, and will continue to work closely with the New Zealand and Canadian travel trade to further stimulate demand.”

Details of the additional flight operating every Thursday from 04 December 08 - 26 March 09 inclusive

NZ84 AKL-YVR 2030/1245 13:15 flight time
NZ83 YVR-AKL 1900/0630+2 14:30 flight time