More flights scheduled for Queenstown

This winter will see additional Air New Zealand flights operating between Australia and Queenstown. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Air New Zealand is to increase the number of direct flights between Australia and Queenstown this winter.

Two extra flights will be added for July and August, one from Sydney and one from Melbourne, taking the total number of flights to 12 per week.

Flights from Auckland will also increase by 30 per cent over the same period.

"The increase in capacity reflects the ever increasing interest in the Southern Lakes region as a holiday destination," Air NZ's Tasman Pacific Airline general manager Glen Sowry said.

- NZPA