Given my parochial interest in aviation down under, it is good to report that, according to Airline Route, China Airlines (Taiwan) is resuming service to New Zealand.
It is extending its 3x weekly Taipei-Brisbane service onto Auckland, via Brisbane, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft. China Airlines last flew to New Zealand 10 years ago, and Air New Zealand stopped flying to Taiwan over five years ago.
This will be a boon to tourism between Taiwan and New Zealand, but also adds competition on the Trans Tasman Brisbane-Auckland route 3x a week. What will also be interesting is if this provides another low cost option to travel between Europe and New Zealand. China Airlines has tended to offer competitive business class through fares on similar routes.
Its A330s are in a two-class configuration, with angled lie flat seats in Dynasty (business) class and AVOD IFE in both classes.
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