Asian passenger numbers climb for Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand is welcoming more Asian passengers onboard, with strongest growth seen in Singapore and Indonesia. The upward trend reflects destination New Zealand’s growing visitor arrivals from Asia, noted Imogen Thornton, Air New Zealand’s head of South and South East Asia.

The airline recorded an increase of more than 40 per cent in Singapore-originating traffic on its Singapore-Auckland flights in 2024 over 2023. Passenger numbers out of all South and South-east Asian markets travelling on the Singapore-Auckland service was up three per cent for the same period.

Passenger numbers out of Indonesia spiked over 250 per cent following Air New Zealand’s increased flight frequency out of Bali Denpasar’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. Once a seasonal…