Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
GETTING AROUND
Air
Those who have limited time to get between NZ's attractions can make the most of a widespread (and very reliable and
safe) network of intra- and inter-island flights.
Domestic Airlines
The country's major domestic carrier, Air New Zealand, has an aerial network covering most of the country, often operat-
ing under the Air New Zealand Link moniker on less popular routes. Australia-based Jetstar also flies between the main
urban areas. Between them, these two airlines carry the vast majority of domestic passengers in NZ. Beyond this, several
small-scale regional operators provide services between the North Island and the South Island, to Stewart Island, and
around the glaciers and mountains of the South Island.
Operators include the following:
» Air Chathams ( www.airchathams.co.nz ) Services to the remote Chatham Islands from Wellington, Christchurch and
Auckland.
» Air Fiordland ( www.airfiordland.com ) Services around Milford Sound, Te Anau and Queenstown.
» Air New Zealand ( www.airnewzealand.co.nz ) Offers flights between 30-plus domestic destinations, plus myriad over-
seas destinations.
» Air West Coast ( www.airwestcoast.co.nz ) Operates charter/scenic flights ex-Greymouth, winging over the west coast
glaciers and Aoraki/Mt Cook, and stopping in Milford Sound, Queenstown and Christchurch.
» Air2there.com ( www.air2there.com ) Connects destinations across Cook Strait, including including Paraparaumu, Wel-
lington, Nelson and Blenheim.
» Golden Bay Air ( www.goldenbayair.co.nz ) Flies regularly between Wellington, Nelson and Takaka in Golden Bay.
Also connects to Karamea for Heaphy Track trampers.
» Jetstar ( www.jetstar.com ) Joins the dots between key tourism centres: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
and Queenstown (and flies Queenstown to Melbourne and Sydney and Christchurch to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold
Coast).
» Soundsair ( www.soundsair.co.nz ) Numerous flights each day between Picton and Wellington, with connections to
Blenheim and Nelson.
» Stewart Island Flights ( www.stewartislandflights.com ) Flies between Invercargill and Stewart Island.
Air Passes
With discounting being the norm these days, and a number of budget airlines now serving the trans-Tasman route as well
as the Pacific islands, the value of air passes isn't as red-hot as in the past.
» Available exclusively to travellers from the USA or Canada who have bought an Air New Zealand fare to NZ from the
USA or Canada, Australia or the Pacific Islands, Air New Zealand offers the good-value New Zealand Explorer Pass .
The pass lets you fly between up to 27 destinations in NZ, Australia and the South Pacific islands (including Norfolk Is-
 
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