Air New Zealand is expanding its Pacific Rim network with the announcement today of a new direct service to Seoul, South Korea on the 23rd November 2019.
The airline will fly into Seoul's Incheon International Airport from up to five times a week during the peak holiday period from late December - mid-February, and then three times a week year round.
The new service will be operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with a flight time of around 12 hours northbound and just over 11 hours southbound.
Air New Zealand Chief Revenue Officer Cam Wallace says Seoul opens up exciting new opportunities for customers.
"Seoul is a densely populated city with more than 10 million residents. Inbound leisure travel from South Korea to New Zealand has grown significantly in recent years presenting an important tourism growth opportunity for the airline and for the New Zealand tourism economy.
"We also want to encourage more Kiwi travellers to explore Seoul and South Korea. We're thrilled to be offering customers easy direct access to another vibrant Asian destination to add to their bucket list. The new service will also help connect the estimated 40,000 Koreans already living in New Zealand more conveniently with friends and family in their home country".
Free WiFi on AirNZ
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ICYMI (In case you missed it), if you're travelling with Air New Zealand to North America, Australia, South America and some ports in Asia, you'll be able to like, post, tweet, gram and tag that wingtip pic spreading real FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) among your fans, in real time - whats more it will be FREE forever!
The airline has announced it will offer complimentary WiFi to customers on all WiFi enabled flights.
Air New Zealand has begun rolling out WiFi on international flights, with the service available on its brand new Airbus A321-NEO aircraft, Airbus A320-Neo aircraft Boeing 777-300 aircraft and Boeing 777-200 aircraft – which primarily operate on Trans-Tasman, US and London routes. The roll out of WiFi on the airlines flagship aircraft the Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner will commence in late 2019.