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With a massive population of over one million, Auckland is the largest metropolitan area in New Zealand. Often termed as “the city of sails” Auckland is further divided into separate four cities, Manukau City in the South, Waitakere City in the West, North Shore City in the north and Auckland City itself on and around Isthmus. This narrow Isthmus of land joins the Northern Pennsylvania to the rest of the North Island. Mainly in the Auckland Region, the larger local government area comprises of rural areas, small towns and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. As the size of population of this region speaks for itself, there is a huge number of daily air traffic to and from Auckland from almost all parts of the world.
However, while traveling from anywhere in the United Kingdom (London Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester) there are 5 Carriers that can be ranked on price basis as follows:-
Korean Airways: The code for Korean Air is (KE). As it is evident from its name, it is the flagship carrier of Korea. Korean Airways flies via Seoul Incheon International Airport South Korea. The change over time at Seoul varies from 1 to 4 hours between connectivity. Ideally 2 or 2. 5 hours is sufficient to check out from one flights, collect luggage and board the other. Having less time at the connectivity can be some times insufficient specially where bigger airports are involved for example Bangkok. The fare range of Korean Airways starts from nearly 500 pounds as the cheapest flights to Auckland in this November.
Air New Zealand: The code for Air New Zealand is (NZ). This airline is the national Flagship carrier of New Zealand. Therefore, it flies direct to Auckland. However, very often ground elapsed is involved for causes such as refueling. Yet, this ground elapsed is barely a few minutes, half hour or the most one hour. In other cases, where direct flights are fully packed, Air New Zealand flies via California. Again the changeover time at California is not very long. The flights cost with this direct and national carrier for Auckland is starting from 551 GBP this year in November. It is the second cheapest flight to Auckland.
Fin Air: The code for Fin Airways is (AY). It is the third cheapest flight to Auckland. In standard or demand, however, it does not outshine Air New Zealand, but still it is one of the finest carriers for Auckland flights. The prices of this airline are starting form 600 GBP for Christmas Season and early New Year. Fin Air flies via Helsinki Finland and also passes through Hong Kong for a short while. For holidays, however, it can be an added advantage to have a stop over in Hong Kong and shop before reaching Auckland.
Virgin Atlantic: The IATA code for this airline is (VS). As many of us already know that Virgin Atlantic is counted in the World’s top airlines and carries 5 stars in the star alliance group. The flights with Virgin are however, indirect in case of Auckland routes. Virgin Atlantic flies via California (Los Angles) in the coming November – December and will cost 650 GBP or above this year.
British Airways: The crown airline of UK is British Airways. The name needs no introduction, the code is (BA) as we know. It is similar to Qantas Airline in price and flies via Hong Kong to Auckland. The pricing this year starts at a considerably high rate (although still stands 5th in the cheapest race) and starts from nearly 680 pounds.
KLM, Air France, Ethihad and Lufthansa show up as you move downwards on the list. These airlines differ by 10 to 40 pounds form each other in prices. All the above deals are as usual; open to the customers on first come first serve basis. For a better fare, you should have your dates flexible by +/- 1 or 2 days. For more information on cheap flights to Auckland please consider visiting: http://www. travelhouseuk. co. uk/flights/australia_newzealand/Auckland. htm