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Find cheap Air New Zealand flights to Cairns from $1,247

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October

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August

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$1,247

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$2,050
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Flight from San Francisco to Cairns
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FAQs for flying to Cairns with Air New Zealand

  • Which airport do Air New Zealand flights to Cairns fly into?

    You’ll fly into Cairns when flying to Cairns with Air New Zealand.

  • Are there any other airlines in Star Alliance that fly to Cairns?

    Unfortunately, there are no other airlines in Star Alliance that fly to Cairns.

Air New Zealand customer reviews

8.2
Very goodBased on 646 verified guest reviews
7.9Entertainment
8.8Crew
8.4Boarding
8.1Comfort
7.7Food

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10.0 Wonderful
Pros:Great service. Food was excellent. Crew was friendly. Best transAtlantic flight experience I've had.
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8.0 Very good
Pros:Crew and entertainment good
Cons:More leg room
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10.0 Wonderful
Pros:Excellent overall service as usual from start to finish
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10.0 Wonderful
Pros:Comfortable seats and good service
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10.0 Wonderful
Pros:Great service
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8.3 Very good
Pros:Clean modern plane, on-time, nice Regional lounge
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10.0 Wonderful
Pros:The business class on Air New Zealand is the space and comfort level all airlines should have in all classes of seating. I could comfortably fly to Europe from California in business class on this airline.
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9.6 Wonderful
Pros:Comfortable lots of entertainment options clean flight attendants were kind
Cons:no vegetarian options in the main meals
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8.0 Very good
Pros:Best airline meal I have ever had in. 50 years of flying.
Cons:The seating configuration in business class
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3.6 Poor
Pros:Food was good
Cons:Customer service and ability to sort out technical issues were truly appalling. My touch screen monitor crashed and the controls that would enable me to alert crew members for any concerns also didn't work. Both issues happened twice. The second time, I informed them that if these technical issues continued to fail and couldn't be resolved, I needed to be placed in another seat, of which I specifically told them was not to be a seat far behind my current row seat. Instead, they went and offered me a seat that was 22 rows behind, especially after I had paid extra fees to sit in the seat I was given higher up the aisle. I also informed them that I wasn't feeling well and the closer I was to the exit when we landed, the better. They ignored these concerns. That is unacceptable considering that it was their system that was faulty in the first place that led to these problems. Their staff also failed to regularly walk the aisles to ensure customers were okay with the service. I've been on planes whereby the crew is constantly walking around to ensure everyone is being taken care of. For example, I had a great experience with Korean Air where I saw staff every 10-15mins checking on customers. Air New Zealand completely failed in this regard. When my system crashed the second time, because I couldn't call anyone in the crew using the controls on my touch screen, and the person sat next to me was asleep (didn't want to wake him up to use his device to call!), I waited 25-30mins before going up to the crew station to seek help. I had to wait an additional 10-15mins before I even saw someone at the crew station. There are some other issues I encountered but the above were the main ones. This is the first time I've actually had to criticize an airline for it's customer service. I've been travelling for over 25 years and never encountered what I did today. I certainly won't be flying with them again.

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$1,247
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2 stopsAir New Zealand
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57h 20mCNS-SFO
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1 stopAir New Zealand
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8/17Sat
2 stopsAir New Zealand
40h 50mCNS-LAX
$1,392
8/21Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
42h 50mSFO-CNS
9/11Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
33h 20mCNS-SFO
$1,394

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Flights to Cairns - Air New Zealand

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