Air New Zealand says it is preparing for the busiest winter school holiday period ever, carrying well over half a million Kiwis domestically.
670000 seats across 7500 domestic flights this July is a new record for the national carrier.
"We've seen a 52 per cent increase in seats for this year's school holidays versus last year," said the airline's chief sales officer Leanne Geraghty. It is a big increase on July 2020 which, in spite of pent-up demand, were still affected by covid disruption.
100000 of these seats are heading to Queenstown, the number one destination for the holidays. However other regional airstrip are also seeing record numbers, with Napier and Tauranga seeing over 500 services each.
Geraghty said the airline was intending to operate 56 per cent more domestic flights than during last year's school holidays, to cope with demand.
