Dublin to New Zealand.

Living Off The Splash

What is the best route to take when flying from Dublin to New Zealand.

Possibly looking for one or two stop overs en route, and spending maybe 3 days in each location.

Any recommendation for any airline?

At the moment leaning toward Singapore as a stop over.

Mrs OBumble

When are you hoping to travel?

Living Off The Splash

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

When are you hoping to travel?

Spring 2022.

ozzy jr

The route options are huge. You could pick a city you fancied staying in and plan your route to go that way.

The most direct route would be 1 stop, giving you the option of staying in Dubai or Doha. I can’t remember if Etihad fly direct to New Zealand. If they do you can add Abu Dhabi to the 1 stop route.

If you fly from Dublin via any major European hub, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt etc, you could pick any Asian city for a connection to NZ. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong are the obvious ones. Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Guangzhou and Hanoi all have direct flights to Auckland.

You could also fly via the major Australian cities.

Not sure the difference in travel time, but you have a one stop option from Dublin via San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The possibilities are endless.

This is obviously based on pre COVID routes. Not sure who’ll be flying where in spring 2022.

Living Off The Splash

ozzy jr wrote: »

The most direct route would be 1 stop, giving you the option of staying in Dubai or Doha. I can’t remember if Etihad fly direct to New Zealand. If they do you can add Abu Dhabi to the 1 stop route.

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Thanks for your response. We flew to Hong Kong via Abu Dhabi a couple of years ago and it is not an experience I want to do again. We flew Etihad.

That is why we were thinking Singapore. Bangkok sounds interesting though.

beggars_bush

Flew Dublin, Dubai, Sydney, Auckland with emirates/qantas a few years back. Did a 6 hour sleep in an airport hotel in Dubai.
Wasn't the worst experience

niallo32

beggars_bush wrote: »

Flew Dublin, Dubai, Sydney, Auckland with emirates/qantas a few years back. Did a 6 hour sleep in an airport hotel in Dubai.
Wasn't the worst experience

Did the same but to Christchurch and an short sleep in the Meridian hotel in Dubai. Not the worst

dzsfah2xoynme9

I lived in Christchurch for 3 years and travelling to and from New Zealand I flew with Singapore, Air NZ, Ethihad and Emirates. Air NZ was the best in my opinion..

salmocab

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

What is the best route to take when flying from Dublin to New Zealand.

Possibly looking for one or two stop overs en route, and spending maybe 3 days in each location.

Any recommendation for any airline?

At the moment leaning toward Singapore as a stop over.

I done Singapore as a stop over, it’s grand nothing amazing. Personally I just prefer to keep motoring. Some airports have showers etc, having a shower halfway there and getting back on after having a leg stretch and a wash is better for me.

Caranica

When we went on the Lions tour in 2017 we flew Dublin-Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland. Don't remember any of the layovers being any longer than three hours if even that.

limez

It really depends what you like. Emirates or a gulf carrier will often lead you to have a shortish flight, and then a 15-18 hour Monster flight. Or you can go through the US or Asia and have 12+12. I liked Air New Zealand, but they are unlikely to fly to Europe again in the next few years.

Personally I prefer to fly straight through with no stopover, but otherwise it's about where you want to stopover: Disneyland/LA, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok etc

Hong Kong and Singapore would be preferred transit destinations for me, just add airports. The US is a pain because they don't check your bags all the way through. I have flown directly on from Dublin, but also give from Shannon/Dublin on to other European hubs (Heathrow, Frankfurt etc).

An actual travel agent will often find prices and routes you can't find online. I haven't found a good Irish agent, but have used New Zealand ones as they have real expertise in this insane type of multiple airline flying (sometimes I've had 3 different airlines on the way).

I hope NZ will be open for travel again in 2022, but given they have no covid and little vaccine purchased, early 2022 may be marginal.