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Most international flights operate in and out of Auckland and Christchurch, with lesser frequency to and from Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin, Queentown and Invercargill. All major towns have airports with frequent internal flights by three major airlines - Air New Zealand, and Pacific Blue.

Air New Zealand - New Zealand's national carrier operates both as domestic airline as well as an International Airline and was voted TOP AIRLINE for 2010 by Air Transport World.

From Kaitaia in far north of the North Island to Te Anau and Invercargill in the South of the South Island, Air New Zealand in association with Eagle Airways Ltd, Mount Cook Airline Ltd and Air Nelson Ltd covers the whole country. Depending on the route being flown, aircraft types range from Metroliner III, Embrarer Bandeirante, Saab 340A with Air New Zealand using the popular Boeing 737 between Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercagill, Timaru and Queenstown. Flight times between popular destinations such as Auckland to Wellington take approximately one hour and Auckland to Christchurch takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.

Internationally, Air New Zealand is part of the Star Alliance as well as having a regional alliance with Ansett and Singapore airlines. Direct flight destinations include the traditional long haul routes to London, Manchester, Frankfurt, Toronto, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Tokyo,Taipei ,Hong Kong, and Singapore. This is in addition to the many flights to Australia's Sydney, Brisbane,Cairns, Melbourne, Perth as well as the Pacific Islands such as Fiji, Tonga, Papeete, Noumea and Apia - Western Samoa.

On Air New Zealand's international route, the aircraft used are the Boeing 747's, 767's and with the Boeing 737 used for the shorter hauls to places like Norfolk Island.

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