He said the airline, which has released the flagship Boeing 787-9 on the path, has actually seen strong reservations during January, generally a hectic duration for travel with New Zealand school vacations.
The first flight, NZ946, took off today from Auckland with “a planeload of Kiwis keen for some R&R, assisting offer a much-needed boost to the regional economy where tourism makes up 75% of Cook Islands GDP”, according to Air New Zealand Chief Operational Integrity and Safety Officer, David Morgan.
Air New Zealand has actually resumed daily flights between Auckland and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands following the re-starting of a travel bubble in between the two countries.
Air New Zealands flagship Boeing 787-9
” Were really thrilled to help Kiwis start 2022 off with some peaceful island time, with strong demand for these flights in January and some seat accessibility in late January and February for visitors trying to find an island escape,” Morgan stated.
To be able to take a trip to Rarotonga, New Zealand tourists must be completely immunized under the Cook Islands Governments requirements.
” We are all set, we are ready, and we are secured,” he stated. “Now, its time.”
The resumption of quarantine free travel between the nations is a welcome sight and recently, Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, said the tourism bubble was great news for the South Pacific country.
In 2019, nearly 110,000 New Zealanders headed to Rarotonga, with Kiwis making up two-thirds of all visitors to the Cook Islands and tourism being the mainstay of the economy.
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