Air New Zealand A320neo Queenstown to Melbourne: Friendliest Crew Ever! 😁

G’day, my name is Jayden, welcome back to my channel! In June 2024, I flew Air New Zealand Airbus A320neo in economy class from Queenstown to Melbourne. I used my Turkish Airlines Gold (Star Alliance Gold) status for perks such as priority check-in and lounge access. Enjoy the video & thank you so much for watching!

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What you'll see in this video:
00:00 Intro & check-in
00:58 Air New Zealand Regional Lounge
03:58 Boarding flight NZ635
03:34 Seat 63A & features
05:22 Passenger announcement (PA)
07:27 Takeoff
09:29 Inflight entertainment
10:02 Inflight service
12:33 PA & Air NZ lollies
13:54 Conclusion
15:02 Landing
16:10 Vlog of Melbourne

Future flight reviews include:
- American Airlines B737-800 Charlotte to Tulum (business class)
- British Airways A320-200 Brussels to London Heathrow (economy class)
- Cathay Pacific A330-300 Hong Kong to Hangzhou (business class)
- Delta B757-200 Mexico City to Los Angeles (economy class)
- Emirates B777-300ER Delhi to Dubai (first class)
- HK Express A321 Hong Kong to Tokyo Haneda (economy class)
- Kenya Airways B787-8 Nairobi to Bangkok (business class)
- Malaysia Airlines A330-300 Kuala Lumpur to Taipei (business class)
- Qantas A380 Sydney to Los Angeles (business class)
- Qatar Airways A350-900 Doha to Zurich (economy class)
- SriLankan Airlines A320 Colombo to Bengaluru (economy class)
- Virgin Atlantic B787-9 Shanghai to London Heathrow (business class)
… and more, so stay tuned!

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As always, thank you & see you again on my next flight!
Jayden

#airnewzealand #economyclass #tripreport

[beauregardfielding]

Dear JW….Loved your 265 review ZQN-MEL. Thanks for giving Air NZ a clean bill of health. Makes me so proud and that you also rated the crew so well too. I am indeed happy with your comments. As usual you are fair and equitable in your narration and thanks for acknowledging the inflight service standards, drinking topping-up and FOC internet. I wish you had been on Works because the food offering is very good. You are right though as your fare was pricey. Glad you ate well in the lounge all the same. Keep up the great work. You are not only informative but also very entertaining in your reviews. Of all of the airline vloggers I follow, you are by far the best and my favourite. Take care, the both of you. Best Bobo.

[matth]

Loved your hotel morning hair! Cute! ❤

[joelin]

Oh Jayden, you went to queenstown, what a fantastic experience, my dream destination

[jamessayers]

Another great trip report/vlog JW. Air NZ is my absolute favourite airline. My very first flight was when I was 18yo flying between Sydney and Wellington, on a DC8, yes, I'm that old! lol It's amazing how the Captain navigates through the alps around Queenstown (fun fact Queenstown is a Captains only departure/landing). It's always a treat to come first, on the aircraft... Even though I'm a Sydney boy, I always enjoy Melbourne. Did you munch on a yummy cake in St Kilda? Kepp up the great work Mr Wong!

[mba]

Great video, Jayden. Queenstown airport looks wonderful, especially for its size. The lounge looked nice with a good selection of food, but agree it must be a pain to go through security twice to get to it on the domestic side. Thanks for the wonderful views on take off! What a beautiful area! The view from your hotel room was pretty excellent too. Hope you enjoyed your time in Melbourne.

[CJ-xldh]

17:55. I loved China town when I visited Melbourne..😊

[asteverino]

Thanks Jayden.
I've praised your trip reporting and vlogs before, so you probably wouldn't want to keep hearing that. I won't say that your concise yet casual style is marvelous. Your knowing when to say nothing and just show an observed artistic or odd thing.
No, I won't bore you. 😂❤
Great job.
Cheers.

[GaryInAmsterdam]

Wow, that is a pretty nice domestic lounge. You were the first down that jetway, I love that. I didn't realize NZ was over 2 hours from Australia (Melbourne). Cool there is music in the lavatory! Seems like a great airline. Melbourne is so huge and diverse. The water at the beach is even clear. As I mentioned before, i never realized Australia was such an immense country until I started to watch your videos.

[emmo_]

Great to see my home country airline on the channel nice review I always use ANZ for flights to Australia. By the way I flew cathay yesterday in economy HKG to AKL the lavatory had not 1 but 2 coathooks! Glad IFE is now free :)

[julioc]

Great video,
The only downside of the mountains is the jet stream lol

Cheers

[manisen]

I’m about to book Air NZ flights. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[Eyob]

Nice flight review. The A321 neo is a cool plane to fly on. Those two cities look good.

[lawrenceakini]

Thanks for another great vlog. Have an amazing week. Cheers.

[cillian]

Amazing video Jayden, never flown ANZ but pretty cool service into Melbourne which is awesome. Thanks for the very detailed video!! Forgot these videos are from a few weeks earlier so thought you were at the airport yesterday when my friend and I were there planespotting in the terminals for 8 hours!

[harshmarwah]

Jayden Air New Zeeland is much better airline than Qantas and many other Indian airlines. Their seats had IFE, Thier washroom had a butterfly wallpaper and an song playing which is very important because sometimes passengers can get scared especially in an compact washroom of a320 if the plane is shaking a little bit which happens sometimes in a320.

[flaneurnz]

Kia ora Jayden. Welcome to Aotearoa New Zealand.✈️🙂🇳🇿

[LucasAviationB]

Jayden you are very lucky to be on a A321 with IFE screens because in the US it is really rare.
I want to ask a quick question, I'm going to be flying in Economy form LAX to SYD on the A380 Qantas. I don't know what to expect on the flight, so can you maybe make a trip report about that. If you can't it is ok, because I get it that you are usually at the other side of the world from America and it is a very long haul flight.
Love the vlog by the way😀

[zf]

i enjoyed my flight into queenstown NZ623 ZK-OYB with a flight deck visit afterwards

[Novazm]

I loved that kinky bed+desk combination in Melbourne hotel.🤭

[brentsummers]

Great views from Queenstown airport. A take-off in that direction is the most exciting I think.