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Old Oct 28, 2019, 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by CHCflyer
The Antarctic Programme season coincides with the AA season. You'd be surprised at how many scientists (and politicians) come down here to see the ice.
And a lot of support staff at CHC airport and on the ice flown in for the season.
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 7:25 pm
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Originally Posted by SJC ORD LDR
It would be so convenient for those of us who want to go to the South Island, but I am a bit surprised that they will have enough people to fly LAX-CHC even at 3x weekly seasonally. Christchurch isn't a huge city, so it would be almost all US tourists. But, then again, the South Island is one of the most beautiful spots on earth. I wonder what percentage of tourists would rather to go ZQN instead of CHC? When I flew NZ in 2008/9, it was SFO-AKL-CHC then ZQN-AKL, and then AKL-SFO.
Plenty, I’m sure. But the runway at ZQN is 2,300 feet too short for a fully laden 788 to take off.
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 8:15 pm
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Even if you were immediately flying on to ZQN, the transit in CHC will be a lot nicer than in Auckland, where you have to change terminals.
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by bleater
Even if you were immediately flying on to ZQN, the transit in CHC will be a lot nicer than in Auckland, where you have to change terminals.
That's for sure.
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 8:33 pm
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Originally Posted by bleater
Even if you were immediately flying on to ZQN, the transit in CHC will be a lot nicer than in Auckland, where you have to change terminals.
It's actually a lovely drive from CHC to ZQN! On the wrong side of the road of course.
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 9:47 pm
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It's actually a lovely drive from CHC to ZQN! On the wrong side of the road of course.
I hope you have diplomatic immunity
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Old Oct 28, 2019, 9:51 pm
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Im going later this month! If I waited til next year, I could’ve had flagship dining??
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Old Oct 29, 2019, 9:11 pm
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During october-march 2020 and 2021 AA will be flying more than double the amounts of seats to NZ than Australia. How ironic.
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Old Oct 30, 2019, 6:26 am
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This is a terrific addition. Lets hope its successful. Flying to CHC makes life much much easier for a lot of tourists and certainly is a major jumping off point for the camper van crowd.
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Old Oct 30, 2019, 6:41 am
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Originally Posted by chenalex
Im going later this month! If I waited til next year, I could’ve had flagship dining??
No.
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Old Oct 30, 2019, 7:30 am
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Originally Posted by Philipp Morgenstern
During october-march 2020 and 2021 AA will be flying more than double the amounts of seats to NZ than Australia. How ironic.
These flights are part of the agreement struck with the NZ aviation authority to green light the tighter AA/Qantas relationship. A quid pro quo, to cite common language and current events.
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Old Oct 30, 2019, 7:33 am
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These flights are part of the agreement struck with the NZ aviation authority to green light the tighter AA/Qantas relationship. A quid pro quo, to cite common language and current events.
I've heard that theory before

Do you have anything authoritative on that?

I've been looking to confirm that for a while.
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Old Oct 30, 2019, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by JonNYC
I've heard that theory before
https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1...506170881?s=20

Do you have anything authoritative on that?

I've been looking to confirm that for a while.
There have been rather clear indications for years now that NZ regulators were involved and have their own pound of flesh to demand of the Qantas-AA JBA/JV, such as in this:

https://www.transport.govt.nz/assets...or-website.pdf
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Old Oct 31, 2019, 6:33 am
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Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
EK fly SYD-CHC every day with an A380. Several Asian airlines fly to CHC with wide body aircraft. And no hills or mountains close by.
USA fly to Antarctic from CHC . They use a large C-17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing...lobemaster_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...arctic_Program
They take a long time to lift off the runway and has a very slow climb rate
C17 is a STOL (short take off and landing) military aircraft designed to get into all sorts of airfields, even dirt runways.

it should not be used to determine which airfields are suitable for wide body passenger aircraft.

it’s actually a very powerful aircraft and can climb very fast.
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Old Oct 31, 2019, 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by justinbrett
C17 is a STOL (short take off and landing) military aircraft designed to get into all sorts of airfields, even dirt runways.

it should not be used to determine which airfields are suitable for wide body passenger aircraft.

it’s actually a very powerful aircraft and can climb very fast.
CHC has a 10,787ft runway at sea level, with low summer temps. They'll be fine.
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