In March we reported on Air New Zealand’s new nonstop flights between Auckland and New York JFK, which launched this month. Air NZ’s Auckland-New York JFK service is the first time the airline has operated an ultra-long-haul (ULH) route. You have to take off bags and put on fuel.”One solution would have been for Air NZ to have stopped en route in Fiji to collect extra fuel. Air NZ has adopted the same prestigious flight numbers for Auckland-New York as it used for Auckland-London: NZ 1 and NZ 2. Qantas could face a similar challenge when it launches its Sydney-Auckland-New York service in June 2023, which is also set to be operated with B787 aircraft.

Source: Stuff September 26, 2022 06:05 UTC