Pacific Blue to Add 4th Frequency to Cook Islands

Pacific Blue will add a fourth permanent weekly link between Auckland and Raratonga, from July.

The airline's CEO, Mark Pitt said that the airline trialled a fourth weekly flight over the summer holiday season and the extra service had attracted positive load factors: "The Cook Islands are a favoured holiday destination for Kiwis and we're confident that the new permanent fourth service will be well-supported by both leisure travellers and people visiting friends and relatives."

Pacific Blue said that as well as offering more choice for New Zealand travellers the flight times also enabled easy connections through Auckland for Australian tourists.

"Thousands of Australians are already visiting Rarotonga and Aitutaki every year and by offering low fares and more flights we believe this will help the Cook Islands to grow both its Australian and New Zealand tourism numbers," Pitt said.