Future Air New Zealand Link/Air New Zealand National will reopen the tourist route Christchurch-Mt Cook-Queenstown with Mt Cook Airline ATR 72-500s while the current Rotorua-Christchurch-Queenstown ATR route will get a bump up to a B733.
The Mt Cook route will operate for a six week trial period from 23-December-2012, while the Rotorua Boeing flights will operate between November 2012 and March 2013.
These announcements from Air New Zealand come on the back of the announcement made in late October that Air New Zealand will order seven new ATR 72-600 aircraft with an option for a further five. These aircraft are expected to be based in Auckland, with the operator as yet unknown.
So the future for domestic services in New Zealand looks to be a healthy one for the National carrier.
Read more about the route upgrades from stuff.co.nz HERE and the new ATR purchase from ausbt.com.au HERE
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