Warriors superfan Lana Searle and former Warrior Awen Guttenbeil will host the flight, helping get the cabin match-ready before the aircraft has even left the gate.<\/p>\n
Air New Zealand chief commercial officer Scott Wilkinson said the airline expected seats to sell quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mighty Warriors have given Kiwi fans plenty to believe in this season, and we know there are plenty of fans from Canterbury and the South Island who want to be there to support their team when it matters,\u201d Wilkinson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we\u2019re putting on the Wahs Express and giving 160 fans the chance to answer the call-up and get themselves into the stands.<\/p>\n
\u201cFans can expect a Warriors-themed flight, celebrating all things Wahs with giveaways and activities onboard and probably a few Up the Wahs before we\u2019ve even left the gate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s crunch time and we know every bit of support counts. That\u2019s why we\u2019re calling on South Island fans to bring the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
One New Zealand Warriors chief executive Cameron George said the club was grateful for the airline\u2019s support.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful to Air New Zealand for bringing their energy and passion to what\u2019s such a huge day for our club, our fans and the whole country,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHaving the Wahs Express flying up from Christchurch adds another level of support for our boys as they take on the Dolphins.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans booking the package need to search for Christchurch to Auckland flights on Saturday, September 12, and select flight NZ1218, departing at 12.35pm and priced at $449.<\/p>\n
The $449 fare is one-way, with passengers able to select a return flight that suits them separately.<\/p>\n
Flight and ticket packages for the Wahs Express go on sale at midday today through Air New Zealand\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warriors superfan Lana Searle and former Warrior Awen Guttenbeil will host the flight, helping get the cabin match-ready…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[83631,9092,68,51,682,76864,4487,3019,46326,33224,53958,9517,49640,66043,70,71,2514,117,111,139,69,28243,1240,1962,213,1961,61,238519,3006,4767,80],"class_list":["post-593432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-83631","tag-against","tag-air","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-charter","tag-christchurch","tag-clash","tag-clubs","tag-dolphins","tag-express","tag-fans","tag-finals","tag-flies","tag-flight","tag-from","tag-island","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-offered","tag-south","tag-special","tag-sports","tag-this","tag-to","tag-wahs","tag-warriors","tag-weekend","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593432","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=593432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}