With India projected to become the world’s third largest aviation market by 2020 and the recent signing of an Air Services Agreement between our two governments, my prediction is that one day you will be able to get on a flight in Auckland and 12,300km (approx 16 hours later) arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International…
Yesterday my day started at 4.00am with a day trip planed from my home in Christchurch to Auckland, the city of the sales. We had a a number of management and customer meetings planned, nothing too onerous. We got into our work soon after I arrived at the office at 8.00am with the intention of knocking off…
I landed earlier this morning in Wellington on NZ5312 after a very enjoyable short ATR flight from Christchurch. We touched down 10 minutes early – great I thought with my carry on I will be in a cab and into the city way ahead of schedule…! What I didn’t anticipate is that we landed at gate 15 –…
The alarm went at 4am this morning. Wide awake, I leaped out of bed, greeting the new day with anticipation. After a quick shower, I was soon dressed and looking sharp and ready to head off to the airport as I am going to Wellington for a couple of days with work…… Just another day at the office! Well that’s what…
Today is historical (sort of…) as EK448 is about to land in Auckland after the 14,200km journey from Dubai. The 17 odd hour flight will be the the longest sector flown by a scheduled commercial airliner (currently) in the world . What is most interesting is that the integral flight was made by an Emirates A380-861 [A6-EON] not the…
I have just returned from a round the world European business trip. It’s not the first time I have done this particular trip, but it has been a while. Being the the tech savvy road warrior that I have now become… rather than write a long trip report, I thought I would share the experience through the images I collected along the…
Looks like EK beat QR to the punch!! Yet more options, competition and capacity through AKL… http://www.emirates.com/nz/English/a…200lr-aircraft Interesting that they will be using 777-200LR equipment and the new service has an estimated flight time of just under 16 hours from DXB to New Zealand and 17 hours, 15 minutes in the other direction. This will…
Singapore Airlines has announced a new direct flight between Wellington and Canberra – the Capital Express. Beginning 21 September 2016, Singapore Airlines will begin a four times per week B777-200 service between our nationals capitals. At first glance this is a strange announcement from one of the worlds premium carriers, but on closer inspection it may…
What a fantastic day in Wellington today – no wind, 20 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Its wonderful for a flying visit to the capital for the day!
According the the Australian Financial Review, Singapore Airlines will next week announce four weekly flights between SIN and CBR using an Airbus A330, with the route also taking in the short hop across the Tasman to link into WLG connecting the neighboring capitals for the first time. This will also be the first scheduled international fights…
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