Thread: Air New Zealand launches direct flights to Bali

Kiwis will now be able to fly non-stop to the popular holiday destination of Bali with the launch of Air New Zealand's new twice weekly service between Auckland and Denpasar Airport.

The Boeing 767-300 service will operate seasonally over the peak demand period of June to October, but has the potential to operate year round if there's sufficient demand.

Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe says Bali is already a popular destination for Kiwis and the non-stop service will now make it even more accessible.

"Our flight time of eight and a half hours is a significant improvement on the indirect services offered by competitors that can involve long layovers and a total journey time of at least 14 and sometimes more than 24 hours."

"We'll be offering our flexible and popular 'Seats to Suit' fare structure on the Bali route with great pricing and arrival and departure times to be announced closer to the on-sale date of 23 February," Mr Fyfe says.

"Bali has a stable tropical climate and great value food and accommodation, making it a really affordable way for New Zealanders to enjoy a resort style holiday in Asia at a fraction of the price of other destinations."

Bali is Air NZ's newest international route | Voxy.co.nz

Good move from Air NZ, it was a very long trip from Auckland in the past. I shifted to Brisbane 6 years ago and 6 months bugger me later they cancelled all direct services to Bali. Lucky Virgin picked it up or it would have been as bad as flying from NZ and now we have Air Australia also. The first ever direct flight to Bali I had was 20 years ago with Garuda Airlines on a very very old DC10, had a few drinks on that one as the luggage compartments used to spring open evertime we hit a little turbulance

Great, hopefully this will be a cheaper option than having to stop over on Australia.

Originally Posted by BKT

Great, hopefully this will be a cheaper option than having to stop over on Australia.

Tooo many bloody kiwis in Australia as it is.....

Too many in Australia, too many in NZ. Why do you think I live here

I know what you mean, don't you just miss all the s--t that goes down on the 6th Feb these days back in NZ

Oh yea, I try to avoid the news like the plague on Waitangi Day.