The borders of New Zealand have reopened and American plans to start a flight between Dallas and Auckland. The carrier's network to New Zealand will look different. I wrote about this a couple of days ago, but wanted to point out that this flight is on sale, so we have a sense of the schedule. As of late 2022, American Airlines will offer a daily nonstop flight between Dallas and New Zealand. The flight will operate on a seasonal basis between October 29 and March 25. This will be the second longest route in the US after Los Angeles to Sydney, which used to be the longest route. The flight will be blocked for 15 and 50 minutes. The AA35 Dallas to Auckland flight arrives at 8:45AM. AA34 New Zealand to Dallas departing at 1:40PM.American plans seasonal Dallas to Auckland route
The Boeing 787-9 will be used for American's flights to New Zealand, with a total of 295 seats, including 30 business class seats, 21 premium economy seats, and 234 economy seats.
American Airlines operated a seasonal flight between Los Angeles and New Zealand. This was a part of the carrier's transpacific joint venture with Qantas.
In October, American announced plans to open two new routes to New Zealand.
These routes were put off. This latest update.
American has scaled back its network in Los Angeles. At this point the carrier only has long haul flights to London and Sydney scheduled, while LAX was supposed to become a huge transpacific hub years ago. We've seen American cut routes to many places.
Dallas has a lot more connecting traffic for American than Los Angeles does, but it's surprising that American couldn't make a Los Angeles to New Zealand flight with Qantas to give Air New Zealand some competition. You would hope that there would be room for a competitor in New Zealand.
American Airlines is going to start a seasonal Dallas to Auckland route in October of 2022. There is no sign of a Los Angeles to Christchurch route launching, and this is coming at the expense of the American route.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that American is giving up on long haul service out of Los Angeles.
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