The international airlines below currently serve New Zealand, shown with their International Air Transport Association two-letter code and the period of scheduled service.
New Zealand-based international airlines
- Air New Zealand (NZ)(1940-) - including Zeal 320
Virgin Australia Airlines (NZ) (VA)(2004-) - (formerly Pacific Blue Airlines) a Single Aviation Market (SAM) airline and subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings
Foreign airlines operating aircraft to New Zealand
- Air Asia X(D7) (2011-2012, 2016-)
- Air Caledonie International (SB)(1987-)
- Air China (CA) (own aircraft 2000-2001, code-share 2007-2015, own aircraft 2015-)
- Air Pacific (FJ)(1974-) (trading as Fiji Airways since June 2013)
- Air Tahiti Nui (TN)(2000-)
- Air Vanuatu (NF)(1989-)
- American Airlines (AA) (2016)
- Cathay Pacific (CX)(1983-84, 1984-)
- China Airlines (CI)(2000-2001, 2011-)
- China Eastern (MU) (Code-share 2008-2014, own-aircraft 2014-)
- China Southern Airlines (CZ)(2011-)
- Emirates Airline (EK)(2003-)
- Federal Express (FM) (1989-19??, 2012- )
- Hawaiian Airlines (HA) (2013- )
- Jetstar Airways (JQ)(2005-) - a subsidiary of Qantas
- Korean Air (KE)(1993-)
- LAN Airlines (LA)(code
(LA)(Codeshare 1996-2000, 2002-) - Malaysia Airlines (MH)(1989-)
- Phillippine Airlines (PR) (2015-)
- Virgin Australia Airlines (SE Asia) (VA)(2005-) - (formerly Pacific Blue Airlines (Aust)) a subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings
- Virgin Samoa (VA)(2005-) - (formerly Polynesian Blue)
- Qantas Airways (QF)(1961-)
- Singapore Airlines (SQ)(1976-)
- Singapore Airlines Cargo (SQ)(2001-)
- Tasman Cargo Airlines (HJ)(1997-) - (formerly Asian Express) an Australian cargo airline working for DHL
- Thai Airways International (TG)(1987-)
- United Airlines (UA) (own aircraft 1986-2003, code-share 2003-2016, own aircraft 2016-)
International airlines operating on a code-share only basis to New Zealand
- Air Berlin (AB) (2016-)
Canada (AC)(1998-)- on VANZaircraft - Air Canada (AC)(1998-)
China (CA)(Own aircraft 2000-2001, Code share 2007-)- on NZ aircraft - All Nippon Airways (NH) (2012-) - on NZ aircraft
American Airlines (AA)(1970-1974, 1990-1992, 1995-) - on QF aircraft- Asiana (OZ) - on NZ and TG aircraft
- Austrian (OS)(2003-) - on NZ aircraft
- British Airways (BA)(1963-) - on QF and CX aircraft
China Eastern (MU)(2008-) - on QF aircraft- Continental Airlines (CO)(Own aircraft 1979-1993, Code share 2010-2012) - on NZ aircraft - merged with United in 2012
- Delta (DL) (2003-2011, 2013-) - on VA aircraft
- Ethiopian Airlines (ET) (2014-) - on SQ aircraft
- Etihad Airways (EY)(2009-) - on VA aircraft
- Finnair (AY) (2014-) - on CX aircraft
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)(2000-) - on MH and CZ aircraft
- Lufthansa German Airlines (LH)(Cargo own aircraft 2001-2003, Cargo code share 1991-2005, Pax. code share 1995-) - on NZ, SQ and TG aircraft
- Qatar Airways (QR) (2014-) - on CX aircraft
- Scandinavian Airlines System (SK)(2007-) - on TG aircraft
- South African Airways (SA)(2009-)
(SA)(2009-)- on NZ aircraft - Swiss International Air Lines (LX)
- Turkish Airlines (TK) (2012- ) - on TG aircraft
United Airlines (UA)(Own aircraft 1986-2003, Code share 2003-) - on NZ aircraft- US Airways (US)(2007-) - on NZ aircraft
- Virgin Australia International Airlines (VA)(2009-) - on VA aircraft - (formerly V Australia) a subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings
- Virgin Atlantic Airlines (VS)(2011-) - on NZ aircraft