Top 5 airlines flying to New Zealand from the USA in 2024

New Zealand is one of the most popular destinations for tourists from the United States. Especially in the context of the rapid growth of the tourism market after the pandemic. Due to the high interest among American travelers, there are many options for traveling directly from the United States to Oceania.

In 2024, at least five airlines will operate direct flights between the United States and New Zealand, including American Airlines, Air New Zealand, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Qantas. Cirium Aviation Analytics provided Simple Flying with data on the five carriers that will offer direct service in 2024. In addition to mine, the experts divided them by total passenger capacity. This information was published by simpleflying.com.

5. Delta Air Lines

In 2024, this American carrier will operate flights between the United States and New Zealand. Delta Air Lines operates one daily nonstop flight from its main hub on the West Coast, Los Angeles International Airport, to Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The airline launched its new daily flight on October 28, 2023, covering 6,504 miles across the Pacific Ocean. Delta will offer service year-round and operate flights during the busy summer season until March 2024. Delta will then fly three times a week until October 2024.

The airline's A350-900 aircraft have a capacity of 339 passengers. In 2024, the airline will operate 492 flights between the United States and New Zealand, offering 158,274 seats and 1,029,414,096 available miles.

4. Qantas

Australia's flagship airline will provide only one direct flight between New Zealand and the United States in 2024. This may seem illogical at first, as the airline is not based in either New Zealand or the United States. Nevertheless, the carrier can operate this flight as a fifth freedom service, part of a connecting flight that ends at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD).

Qantas operates the 17-hour flight four times a week, with flights offered on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. According to Cirium Aviation Analytics, Qantas will operate 528 flights between New Zealand and the United States in 2024. During 2024, Qantas will offer 124,608 seats and 1,098,170,304 available miles.

3. American Airlines

American Airlines, the world's largest airline, offers direct flights between the United States and New Zealand. American Airlines serves New Zealand from two destinations in the United States: its hubs at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Both services are seasonal and operate only during the peak summer travel season. American launched daily flights to Oakland from Dallas on October 29 and will continue to operate until March 25, 2024. American Airlines will offer daily flights between Los Angeles and Oakland until mid-February 2024, after which it will reduce the frequency to three flights per week. Then, in early March 2024, American will suspend the route until the peak summer season.

In 2024, the airline will operate 439 flights between the United States and New Zealand, offering 125,115 seats and 895,555,785 available miles.

2. United Airlines

In 2024, United Airlines offers the most flights of any American carrier between the United States and New Zealand. United serves Auckland from its two largest hubs on the West Coast, Los Angeles and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The airline is also the only airline operating flights between the United States and New Zealand's South Island with new service to Christchurch International Airport (CHC). On December 10, United launched its seasonal flights between San Francisco and Christchurch, which will operate three times a week for four months during the summer season in New Zealand.

During the busy summer season, United will operate daily flights between San Francisco and Auckland until March 2024. Delta will then fly this route three times a week until October 2024. In 2024, the airline will operate 758 flights between the United States and New Zealand, offering 200,184 seats and 1,313,404,320 available miles.

1. Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand, New Zealand's leading airline, was ranked first in terms of the number of flights between the United States and New Zealand in 2024. It serves six destinations in the United States from its hub in Auckland. In 2024, the airline will operate flights to New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), and Honolulu (HNL). Air New Zealand operates daily flights to Houston, San Francisco and ten times a week to Los Angeles. The airline operates flights four times a week to New York, three times a week to Chicago, and three times a week to Honolulu.

In 2024, the airline will operate 3,912 flights between the United States and New Zealand, offering 1,226,294 seats and 8,416,410,940 available miles.