26th February 2019 By Paul Yandall | paul@tourismticker.com | @tourismticker
Air New Zealand has urged the country’s tourism industry to help “supercharge domestic tourism” by following its lead and cutting prices.
The airline has cut its lowest domestic fares by up to 50% with routes reaching as low as $39 one-way.
The company said the new fares had been brought in on 41 domestic services and would see more than three-quarters-of-a-million seats a year available for less than $50.
Chief executive Christopher Luxon said the move was “the biggest overhaul of the airline’s domestic pricing structure in more than a decade”.
“We have shrunk our lowest fares by up to $45 in a move we believe will further supercharge domestic tourism and we’d love to see hotels, rental car companies and tourist experience operators follow our lead,” he said.
Fares on the airline’s main trunk routes – Auckland-Christchurch and Auckland-Wellington – are now available at $49 one-way, with Christchurch-Wellington as low as $39.
The airline said the new fares were available for purchase from today for travel from 25 March 2019.
Air NZ’s new one-way seat-only fares are as follows:
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