UK / NZ Flights
The recent announcement re the flights between the UK & NZ is very good news, in particular for the passenger.
Two pleas / strong suggestions to Air New Zealand on this matter.
1. In the UK, commence an operation out of Manchester, that would route directly (no quickie stop at Lhr / Lgw) to a appropriate en route tech stop.
2. Stop the use of Lax or any other US airport as a tech stop. This is the one & only reason why I will not use Air New Zealand at present
3. Consider operating east about out of the UK.