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Air New Zealand to increase domestic flight capacity in 2026

StuffNZ HeraldTuesday 2 December 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated

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Air New Zealand will add tens of thousands of extra seats across several major domestic routes from March to October 2026. This capacity increase includes 50,000 additional seats for Queenstown and new flight times for Rotorua routes to support business and tourism.

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First reported by Stuff, Tue 2 Dec 2025, 12:34pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 3 hours
  1. StuffStuff

    Air New Zealand adds thousands of seats to key domestic flights in 2026 (opens in new tab)

  2. NZ HeraldNZ Herald

    Air New Zealand adds seats, new ‘business-friendly’ flight times on key Rotorua routes (opens in new tab)