{"id":436483,"date":"2026-05-20T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436483\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:52:14","slug":"more-planes-more-seats-more-routes-the-logic-behind-air-nzs-christchurch-comeback-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436483\/","title":{"rendered":"More planes, more seats, more routes: The logic behind Air NZ\u2019s Christchurch comeback &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQQU9ZZ2J1X3UtdndCVFZwSEUzblRJWUExZ2pBaFBfUGZJd21JV0NLSXpZSmRZZ1lTV0ZreGhudEVzcVhZb2ctbXJBVTA1a1NSVjRBbjBPaGY2dEJmTzMwdGpHd0pCSkxxbUVYYm5GNW8zMC1UelBDU2xBRTVTN2tpaXh0amdRazNaTkdvNVVBblNzVV9VY2lIV3BuaUdkME50YzV6UldrNm5WU1pYY0U0aG5uVlpWc3ZZVEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More planes, more seats, more routes: The logic behind Air NZ\u2019s Christchurch comeback<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxQWkVjdlVpbmlCdGNuU3kybjNNWFNFQW5UM01Tbi1iUXdoWFdiMXBQT3Z5T0lVaG5HUGZuMFBXNW9yUm9RLWdROXN1OTU5SnNfVWdDTm1sYTdJV2Y0MmF6cDlhUTc4TEp3dHlvdEhqX01HOGJFNkI2XzdIa0ViSnNqUFhxcDBPTlNlQzhnTVB3WjVJbTNTODk2QW1wU3NPRmkzYjFQM3NxRXZ0dkd2TkNOWW9vbTEyeTZOMmtEUVhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The South Island is getting three new international flight routes. One is taking off in popularity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxQQ1RBeFo2TndyX0VwcnBwZno1anBDRzQ4X2I5U2FVZHZ5dWtrNXRMa3M3RzAxNS13ZGVFbE54Y09TZ181RkdxTmZpZ2FINFZPUE9UbFhrV25zS2VJNEVIanZjTVlGM2hRMUFBYmZPQnhEbTJiSkEyRHVzWERsUFNCVWFNMnI1UnZCSEZzQ1FOQ0J2QzRZaldBVVJETm1tVm5uTExsWGFuX0hfNWd3V0lISU9feWlFLUh2Y1haZHIxQk1WbjhqbkpaclZWLTY2QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Air NZ launches three new international routes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxQdWN6QVBYdEFpVTdKR3RmTFBBWU5kVUFuRDNPZmRkRy1FSWo1S1JXMWZRRG0za1RTeXltaS1nQV9KMkdXbFdhVHJnOXZ6SUF3VHlMUl9tZmN0SXg3Sm16SklyRHRFaHlzdlExVnBzZWN4ajN4TDg5bjRITmU1YzR6NmpUMVlTRExYb3plMEpuOHlLQ1hWS0RBQ1FnLU5XUkJCNmJ0eVNOYzA5UXppWjNLeDRRVGpWRzZFSGNnRXR1d1NGemNFbk12UnNuakNIS0w4ckRvbl9kZk5RZ2VKX19nS2RjMVU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major international expansion set to boost Christchurch and South Island growth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Christchurch Airport<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwJBVV95cUxQNi1MOGhHaHRvQTF4LTlZVHdiV0QxZ3JEUGxCSTFYUVdZb3F6VDhzam5yX1hYRGMtY2g1OHJoSHdaZ29WaWMxT2VkTVNPWkU0SlZxZUFxYTM1OGk0bzRudHBBWmt4bS1UVGYxNUZTVXlqRDdMdG1ZZzRHajRTcV9lb2VQUXFUU1hQZWdsYTA3cWdGc244TFdIZklOX3V0VEtyVVBCc1R1QkRVWENXWXBsWWZrSVVOYW1EODBCYXFlRzlHb3NRMG8xTjRzRE9MM1VxYlllVERCdlUwZ1FYY2NNWjVBZy1PUlEyNmktOGpGc1VyOHhBLV9BVlNPSWNRRGtwTmdMenF2eVNhTDFJQ2xPWk9vZmRpTHNqSFBKMWU4cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;We&#8217;re in a sweet spot&#8217;: Christchurch Airport CEO welcomes new international flights<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk ZB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More planes, more seats, more routes: The logic behind Air NZ\u2019s Christchurch comeback&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffThe South Island is getting three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-436483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}