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Auckland Big Winner with 24 Origin Weekly Flights

Auckland Big Winner with 24 Origin Pacific Airways’ flights each weekday!

Origin Pacific Airways announces it’s new winter schedule effective April 2004. Highlights of the new schedule include 6 flights a day from Auckland to Wellington, new weekday services Auckland to Napier, increased schedule to Palmerston North.

In total Origin Pacific will operate 24 flights in and out of Auckland per weekday which is a great boost to the Auckland economy and improves the level of accessibility to regional New Zealand.

A number of the new flights are scheduled to connect with Origin’s new international partners including one of the world’s largest airlines Korean Air with daily 747 departures from Auckland to Seoul, Korean Air’s international gateway to over 82 cities worldwide. Effective immediately, passengers travelling on Korean Air’s services ex Auckland will have access via their travel agent to competitive addon fares from regional New Zealand that are fully flexible.

Ewan Wilson, Origin Pacific Airways Sales & Marketing Manager said “ the new Auckland schedule reflects the importance of Auckland as New Zealand’s major gateway and provides convenient schedules to both the leisure and corporate traveller needing to access both regional New Zealand and New Zealand’s major cities. The direct services from Auckland include Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Napier, Wellington and Nelson plus there are great connections to Blenheim, Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin and Invercargill.”

Robert Inglis, Managing Director of Origin Pacific says “ We will continue to provide competitive value for money air services over our comprehensive network; offering scheduled passengers services, coupled with our charter and airfreight services. Competition, in the end, is what consumers benefit from and we are simply continuing to enhance our services to ensure that Origin remains a viable option for domestic travel in New Zealand”.

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