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Ministry of Transport

New Zealand–based international airlines

  • Air Chathams (3C) 2019
  • Air New Zealand including Zeal 320 (NZ) 1940–
  • Airwork (AWK) 2020–

Foreign airlines operating aircraft to New Zealand

  • AirAsiaX (D7) 2011, 2016-2019, 2021- 
  • Air Caledonie International (SB) 1987–
  • Air China (CA) own aircraft 2000–2001, code-share 2007–2015, own aircraft 2015–  
  • Air Pacific, trading as Fiji Airways since June 2013 (FJ) 1974–
  • Air Tahiti Nui (TN) 2000–
  • Air Vanuatu (NF) 1989–
  • Cathay Pacific (CX) 1983–84, 1984–
  • China Airlines (CI) 2000–2001, 2011–
  • China Eastern (MU) code-share 2008–2014, own aircraft 2014–
  • China Southern Airlines (CZ) 2011–
  • Emirates Airline (EK) 2003–
  • Federal Express (FX) 1989­–unknown, 2012–
  • Hainan Airlines (HU) 2016– (not currently operating) 
  • Hawaiian Airlines (HA) 2013–
  • Jetstar Airways, a subsidiary of Qantas (JQ) 2005–
  • Korean Air (KE) 1993–
  • LAN Airlines (LA) code-share 1996–2000, 2002–
  • Malaysia Airlines (MH) 1989–
  • Philippine Airlines (PR) 2015– (not currently operating) 
  • Qantas Airways (QF) 1961–
  • Qatar Airways (QR) 2017–
  • Sichuan Airlines (3U) 2017– (not currently operating) 
  • Singapore Airlines (SQ) 1976–
  • Tasman Cargo Airlines, formerly Asian Express, an Australian cargo airline working for DHL (HJ) 1997–
  • Thai Airways International (TG) 1987– (not currently operating) 
  • Tianjin Airlines (GS) 2016–, (not currently operating)
  • United Airlines (UA) own aircraft 1986–2003, code-share 2003–2016, own aircraft 2016–
  • Virgin Australia International Airlines (VA) 2005–

International airlines that code-share only to New Zealand

As at March 2023 these international airlines code-share only on New Zealand or foreign-based airlines that operate to New Zealand.

  • Air Canada (AC) on NZ aircraft, 1998–
  • All Nippon Airways (NH) on NZ aircraft, 2012–
  • American Airlines (AA) on QF aircraft, 2016
  • Air Serbia (JU) on QR aircraft, 2023
  • Asiana (OZ) on NZ and TG aircraft, 2005
  • British Airways (BA) on QF and CX aircraft, 1963–
  • Delta (DL) on VA aircraft, 2003–2011, 2013–
  • Ethiopian Airlines (ET) on SQ aircraft, 2014–
  • Etihad Airways (EY) on VA aircraft, 2009–
  • EVA Airways Corporation (BR) on NZ aircraft 2018–
  • Finnair (AY) on CX aircraft, 2014–
  • FlyFirefly (FY) on MH aircraft, 2016–
  • Iberia (IB) on QR aircraft, 2018–
  • Japan Airlines (JL) on QF aircraft ,1980–
  • Lufthansa German Airlines (LH) on NZ, SQ and TG aircraft, cargo code-share 1991–2005, passenger code-share 1995–, cargo own aircraft 2001–2003
  • Oman Air (WY) on MH aircraft, 2017–
  • Scandinavian Airlines System (SK) on SQ aircraft, 2007–
  • SriLankan Airlines (LK) on QF aircraft, 2017–
  • Swiss International Air Lines (LX) on CX and SQ aircraft, 2016
  • TATA SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara (UK) on SQ aircraft, 2019–
  • Turkish Airlines (TK) on NZ, SQ, 2012–
  • Virgin Atlantic Airlines (VS) on NZ aircraft, 2011–