A Flight to Remember

The flight from Honolulu to Auckland was bizarre in many ways. First of all, the time difference is 23 hours. Which basically feels like 1 hour except where did February 11^th go? Where is it? I didn’t have one. Air New Zealand is also a really great airline. They were funny, like Southwest a bit, but with New Zealand accents, so much better.

We boarded for a 9:45pm departure, but we taxied for about 25 minutes, I am not really sure where we were going because it was dark out, but it felt like we were going to a runway in a different state. So we took off late, but somehow we still arrived in New Zealand 25 minutes early. The most hilarious thing that Air New Zealand did was their safety video. You have to see it to believe it, but this photo might give you the gist…

The flight attendants were very friendly and chipper. There was about an even mix of male and female flight attendants, which would be atypical for an American airline. They served us dinner at around 10:30, which came with a glass of wine – in the regular economy class! Then at about 4 in the morning they served breakfast. Not a great night of sleep, but a good amount of airline food made this a great flight. Then, before customs, there was an enormous duty free liquor store, I mean huge. By 7 am I was on a bus to the city and dropping my bags at the hotel for a full day of exploring Auckland!