Auckland Airport boosts China‑Auckland seat capacity by 9% this summer

Auckland Airport will provide 614,000 seats on routes between mainland China and Auckland this summer, a 9 percent increase from the previous summer.

China Southern Airlines is raising capacity on its Guangzhou‑Auckland service by 23 percent to as many as 18 flights a week in December and January, while Air China is expanding its Beijing route by 46 percent to up to 14 weekly flights in January and February. China Eastern Airlines will increase Shanghai services to as many as 11 flights a week, including four weekly flights that continue to Buenos Aires. Air New Zealand is adding 7,000 seats on its Shanghai route with up to 10 flights a week in February. Hainan Airlines will keep three weekly flights from Haikou for most of the summer and raise its Shenzhen service to three flights a week from December through February, and Sichuan Airlines will continue operating two flights a week from Chengdu.