The airline is offering $49 one-way fares from Auckland to Napier, Gisborne or Kerikeri, with best availability from January 11. The airline's chief customer and sales officer, Leanne Geraghty, said the cheap flights were due to better-than-expected pre-Christmas and business travel demand. Auckland Airport expects domestic flights to run at about two-thirds of what they were at last summer. Naturally, demand is higher for travel at certain times of the day - for example, first thing in the morning. "We've been adding capacity wherever possible, which makes more seats available at lower fares.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 06, 2020 17:49 UTC