Today it was announced that Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines are extending their alliance this September to include travel between Singapore and Wellington.
From 21 September Air New Zealand will be able to codeshare on Singapore Airlines’ new Wellington-Singapore service and Singapore Airlines on Air New Zealand’s domestic network beyond Wellington.
Although both are part of the Star Alliance network, the two carriers first launched an alliance together in early 2015, which included the Singapore Airlines’ Singapore-Christchurch service and enabled Air New Zealand to resume operating the Auckland-Singapore route, which resulted in greater access to Singapore from New Zealand.
The new service launches on 21 September, with the new Wellington-Singapore service operating four times a week, departing Wellington at 20:15 on Monday,Wednesday, Friday and Sundays, arriving in Singapore at 05:50 the next day following a short 85 minute stop-over in Canberra. The service also opens up a direct service between Singapore and Canberra.
The fares will be available from 1st September, so I’ll make sure to keep you updated!
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