North America to Australia and New Zealand is an important market. This northern winter, when it's summer Down Under, there are just over two million roundtrip seats for sale, according to the latest OAG schedule information. Eight airlines operate nonstop with 31 routes. Both remain down over winter 2019, but it's getting there.
North America to Australia and NZ
The following table summarizes the situation based on nonstop routes:
|
Airline |
Northern winter 2022: seats |
Change over NW 2019 |
NW 2022 routes |
Change over NW 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
United Airlines |
512,715 |
+79,453 (+18%) |
7 |
+1 |
|
Qantas |
429,718 |
-338,855 (-44%) |
7 |
-2 |
|
Air New Zealand |
418,200 |
-116,678 (-22%) |
7 |
+1 |
|
Air Canada |
219,022 |
-31,693 (-13%) |
3 |
-1 |
|
American Airlines |
165,984 |
-7,581 (-4%) |
2 |
0 |
|
Delta Air Lines |
115,668 |
+30,420 (+36%) |
1 |
0 |
|
Hawaiian Airlines |
95,632 |
-50,040 (-34%) |
2 |
-1 |
|
Jetstar |
65,660 |
-20,100 (-23%) |
2 |
0 |
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Much change
There has been much change over winter 2019. Virgin Australia's three routes are long gone. Of remaining carriers, United introduced San Francisco to Brisbane, its fourth route Down Under from its Asia-Pacific hub.
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Qantas will begin Melbourne-Dallas Fort Worth on December 3rd, its second route to fellow oneworld carrier's American's major Texas hub, joining Sydney. However, Qantas won't serve San Francisco this winter and previously had San Francisco service from Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney. When writing, Sydney returns on May 22nd, but not the others aren't scheduled or bookable.
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Qantas' new Dallas route is joined by America's brand-new Dallas-Auckland. It effectively replaces American's Los Angeles-Auckland, which ran between June 2016 and March 2020. Dallas now has three routes Down Under, up from one in winter 2019.
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Air New Zealand introduced Auckland to New York JFK nonstop, becoming the world's fourth-longest nonstop route. It now has seven transpacific routes.
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Not all good news
Air Canada no longer has Vancouver-Melbourne, and Hawaiian isn't back in Brisbane. When writing, neither is scheduled at any point next year, so it is unclear if or when they'll return. Air Canada launched the very long 8,192-mile (13,183km) service to Melbourne in June 2017, while Hawaiian began Brisbane ten years ago in November 2012.
31 routes: a summary
I've broken down the winter network by Australia/New Zealand airport as follows. In all, Sydney has 12 nonstops to North America (-2 over winter 2019), Auckland 11 (+1), Melbourne five (-2), and Brisbane three (-2).
|
Airport |
North America routes this winter |
|---|---|
|
Sydney |
Dallas (Qantas), Honolulu (Hawaiian, Jetstar, Qantas), Houston (United), Los Angeles (American, Delta, Qantas, United), San Francisco (United), Vancouver (Air Canada, Qantas) |
|
Auckland |
Chicago (Air New Zealand), Dallas (American), Honolulu (Air New Zealand, Hawaiian), Houston (Air New Zealand), Los Angeles (Air New Zealand), New York JFK (Air New Zealand), San Francisco (Air New Zealand, United), Vancouver (Air Canada, Air New Zealand) |
|
Melbourne |
Dallas (Qantas), Honolulu (Jetstar), Los Angeles (Qantas, United), San Francisco (United) |
|
Brisbane |
Los Angeles (Qantas), San Francisco (United), Vancouver (Air Canada) |
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