Does any one airline fly all the way around the world?

The only airline on which it is possible to fly all the way around the world is Air New Zealand

Normally, when you book a round the world ticket, you end up travelling with a range of different airlines, but since October 2006 , it has been possible to do your entire trip with one carrier, Air New Zealand when, in addition to flying London – L.A. – Auckland, they started a London – Hong Kong – Auckland service.

This doesn’t mean however that a round the world ticket using Air New Zealand can only consist of London – Hong Kong – Auckland – L.A. – London route. It is also possible to spice up your journey by building in ‘surface sectors’

For example, you can fly London – Hong Kong and make your own way to either Shanghai or Beijing in China to take a flight from there on to Auckland. You could also make your own way to Japan flying on to New Zealand from Tokyo or Osaka (one interesting way of getting from Hong Kong to Japan could be to take the train up to Shanghai in China and then jump on the weekly ferry that sails to Kobe in Japan (near Osaka). You could fly from Auckland to San Francisco or Vancouver and make your way over land down to L.A. to fly back to the UK from there. If all that marching around sounds a bit strenuous, you could also factor in stops in blissful South Pacific Islands such as Rarotonga, Western Samoa or Tonga. If you would like more information about fares and routes on round the world tickets using Air new Zealand, please call us on 01273 320 580 .

Here are a couple of examples round the world routes that are possible using Air New Zealand in economy class :

London – Hong Kong – Christchurch – own arrangements to Auckland – San Francisco – own arrangements to Los Angeles – London is currently £957 including pre-payable taxes and fuel surcharges (depart from the UK between 22 March and 15 June 2010 )

London – Los Angeles – Rarotonga – Auckland – own arrangements to Christchurch – Beijing – own arrangements to Hong Kong – London is currently £1,075 including pre-payable taxes and fuel surcharges (depart from the UK between 22 March and 15 June 2010 )

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