Air New Zealand Lights Up Auckland to Celebrate Diwali

Business Wire India
The city of Auckland, New Zealand, celebrated Diwali in style over the weekend with the national carrier Air New Zealand helping to light up the country’s largest and most ethnically diverse city during its annual Auckland Diwali Festival.
 
        

People from all over the city converged in the down town hot spots of Aotea Square and Queen Street to celebrate Indian culture with authentic Indian cuisine, traditional and contemporary music and dance, a hotly contested Bollywood dance competition, a light show and a fireworks grand finale.
 
The two-day event showcased the unique sights, sounds and tastes of India and was a celebration of Auckland’s ethnic diversity in line with Diwali’s symbolism of the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and renewal of life.
 

Air New Zealand Area Manager South & South East Asia Mischa Mannix-Opie says Air New Zealand’s support for the Auckland Diwali Festival reflects the growing importance of the airline’s Indian customer base both in New Zealand and India.  
 
“The event is a great opportunity for us to come together with Singapore Airlines to promote our alliance. Our code share services connect customers from 11 Indian cities on Singapore Airlines and Silk Air services to Singapore.  From there customers can access three non-stop flights a day between Singapore and New Zealand (Auckland and Christchurch) and four times a week to Wellington.”
 
Economy Class fares for round-trip travel between India and New Zealand are available from Rs 72,000 and can be booked through www.airnewzealand.in.

About Air New Zealand
 
Air New Zealand's alliance with Singapore Airlines provides access up to four flights a day between Singapore and New Zealand, seven days a week. Three non-stop flights a day depart Singapore to New Zealand (Auckland and Christchurch) and four times a week to Wellington, connecting to over 20 domestic destinations in New Zealand.
 
Air New Zealand operates the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner daily between Singapore and Auckland. The Dreamliner is equipped with state of the art onboard technology and inflight product including the award-winning, innovative Economy Skycouch, as well as spacious Premium Economy and lie-flat Business Premier seating.
 
About Star Alliance
 
Air New Zealand is proud to be a member of Star Alliance.  The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Avianca in Brazil, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI and United. Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 18,500 daily flights to 1,330 airports in 192 countries.
 
For more information about Air New Zealand visit www.airnewzealand.com and for more information about Star Alliance visit www.staralliance.com and/or follow Star Alliance on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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Annual Auckland Diwali Festival (1)
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