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About New Zealand and its Transportation
Due to its mountainous topography, the transportation in New Zealand has always faced different challenges. Air transport is one of the most popular mode of transport in New Zealand along with road transport. Air transport in New Zealand is the dominating forms of transport for passenger service. Though for freight, shipping and rail transport still continues to be the most popular method. Due to its topography, it takes time to reach different destinations in New Zealand through rail, road, or waterways. Air transport takes people to their destinations within a very short period of time. This is the reason why air transport has become so popular in New Zealand.
Air Transport in New Zealand
Air transport in New Zealand has become one of the most popular mode of transportation in New Zealand. According to 2002 estimate, there are 113 airports in New Zealand. The Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport of New Zealand that deals with over 11 million passengers every year. Besides the Auckland Airport, there are also Christchurch Airport and Wellington Airport that are also among the major airports in New Zealand. These two airports are used by over 4 million passengers every year.
The airports of New Zealand have 46 paved runways and 67 unpaved runways. New Zealand also has a heliport located at Auckland, Mechanics Bay.
Airports in New Zealand
Most of the international flights in New Zealand operate from Auckland and Christchurch. There are also some international flights available from Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin, Queentown and Invercargill as well, but the frequency of international flights in those airports are much lower than the other two major airports.
Airlines in New Zealand
A number of airlines ply their flights to different destinations in New Zealand. There are a number of international as well as domestic flights goes to different airports in New Zealand daily. Among the international airlines, one can find Air New Zealand, Air Canada, Air Pacific, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Pacific Blue Airlines, Qantas Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways International, United Airlines and many more airlines in the different airports of New Zealand.
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Among the domestic airlines in New Zealand, there are Air New Zealand Pacific Airline, Qantas Airways, Air Chathams, Air National, Great Barrier Airlines, Mountain Air, Skylink etc which go to the different destinations in New Zealand.
For more information on New Zealand, please go through the site www.Airlinesplan.com.
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