South America
The NZSX press release mentions the possibility of flights to South America...
OK if going via/near Easter Island, I can understand it, but if they did, say,
direct Auckland - Buenos Aires, Santiago or Sao Paulo (even with a stop in say Rio Gallegos for the former), doesn't that go a bit south for 180m ETOPS?
Wikipedia
ETOPS exclusions
Private jets are exempted from ETOPS by the FAA, but are subject to the ETOPS-120 minute rule in the
JAA's jurisdiction. Several commercial airline routes are still off-limits to twinjets because of ETOPS regulations. They are routes traversing the South Pacific (e.g.
Auckland -
Santiago), Southern Indian Ocean (e.g.
Perth -
Johannesburg) and
Antarctica (e.g.
Auckland -
Buenos Aires).