Air New Zealand Closes Sydney – Rarotonga Reservations in NS23

Published at 0200GMT 18DEC22

Air New Zealand in the last few days filed changes to Sydney – Rarotonga service for Northern summer 2023 season, on/after 30MAR23. Previously reported on AeroRoutes earlier this month, the Star Alliance member to resume service between Australia and Cook Islands with reservations available. As of 17DEC22, reservation is no longer available, including Singapore Airlines’ codeshare flight under SQ-coded flight numbers.

Previously filed schedule for the period of 06APR23 – 21SEP23 as follows.

NZ060/SQ4278 SYD2110 – 0715RAR 789 5
NZ061/SQ4277 RAR1615 – 1920+1SYD 789 4

With this latest development, Jetstar will be the sole operator on Sydney – Rarotonga route, as it plans to launch the service on 29JUN23, with Airbus A321neo LR aircraft scheduled twice weekly until 28SEP23.