Air New Zealand marks 60 years of HK-NZ connectivity

Air New Zealand marks 60 years of HK-NZ connectivity

Air New Zealand is marking 60 years since its first flight between Auckland and Hong Kong. What began as a modest DC8 service on March 3, 1966, has since grown into one of the airline’s most significant long-haul connections. Today, the airline carries more than 350,000 passengers a year and runs up to 16 flights a week during peak periods, a far cry from the twice-weekly schedule it started with. The anniversary is more than a mere milestone on…