AIA Auckland Airport welcomes Sichuan Airlines
*Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment International Visitor Survey 2016
Media Release | 22 February 2017
Auckland Airport welcomes Sichuan
Airlines
Auckland Airport welcomes the announcement that Sichuan Airlines will start flying
between Auckland and Chengdu in China from June this year.
The service will operate three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday using
an A330-200 aircraft with direct flights taking 13 hours.
Acting Aeronautical Commercial General Manager Scott Tasker, says Sichuan Airlines
is expected to add 81,000 seats a year to and from China and deliver an estimated $102
million annual boast to the New Zealand economy.
“Sichuan Airlines will provide the first direct flight from Chengdu to New Zealand and will
cater for the growing numbers of Chinese visiting our country. On average each Chinese
visitor spends approximately $4,300* while here and they are increasingly travelling
more widely around the country.”
“For New Zealand travellers, Sichuan Airlines offers the opportunity to fly direct to
Chengdu, the thriving capital of the Sichuan Province which is home to the World
renowned Giant Panda Research Base, home of the panda.”
Mr Tasker says Sichuan Airlines decision to fly to Auckland comes at a time when
Auckland Airport is investing more than $1 million every working day on its core
aeronautical infrastructure.
“The major upgrade of our international departure area is well underway, as is the
expansion of Pier B of the international terminal which will add two more gates that can
each accommodate an A380 or two smaller aircraft.
We are also progressing the design of the new domestic section of our combined
domestic and international terminal, and undertaking further improvements to our roads
and public transport infrastructure. This level of infrastructure investment will likely
continue into the near future,” says Mr Tasker.
Ends
For further information, please contact:
Lisa Mulitalo
+64 27 801 9377
lisa.mulitalo@aucklandairport.co.nz
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