Air New Zealand is stepping up services to popular beach holiday destinations, increasing capacity on its Auckland to Honolulu route, on Pacific Island routes and operating a third season of its Auckland to Bali service next winter.
The airline will operate four services a week between Auckland and Honolulu from June 16 to October 25 next year, moving to five services a week over the peak June 30 to july 27 period.
Air New Zealand group general manager New Zealand and Pacific Islands Cam Wallace said Hawaii continued to prove popular with customers, especially those with families.
"Hawaii is an ideal school holiday destination as it's almost a full day behind New Zealand meaning there's no difficulty in adjusting to a different time zone," Wallace said.
Since Hawaiian Airlines launched services to Auckland six months ago and were matched by a capacity jump by Air New Zealand, travel to Hawaii has jumped 74.4 per cent, according to Hawaii Tourism Authority figures.
