The news that from Valentine's Day Kiwis will be able to return quarantine-free from anywhere in the world, they plan to rekindle their connections with popular international routes.
Dates for restarting key air links to Los Angeles, Fiji and Honolulu will be announced soon, said the airline.
Ahead of the restart of quarantine-free flights from Australia, bookings from 1 to 16 January will be canceled and customers will be recommended new flights or have their fares transferred into credit.
Passengers currently booked onto 'red flights' with MIQ allocation may wish to reschedule their travel.
The Airline is encouraging passenger to use their online self-service tool to adjust bookings or hold fare credit.
On Monday the airline made the decision to cancel over 1000 scheduled flights through until Christmas, the largest cancellation since the pause of the Transtasman bubble.
There is currently a greatly reduced schedule of 'red flights' and links into Sydney and Melbourne.
However now armed with a clear date for the restart of quarantine-free travel the airline can begin to rebuild its network form Australia.
From February 1 all international passengers flying with Air New Zealand will be required to show proof of full vaccination.