![LATAM to offer nonstop Sydney-Santiago flights by end of 2019](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_4181_1170.jpg)
LATAM Airlines says it plans to offer three nonstop flights a week between Sydney and Santiago with Boeing 787-9s by the end of calendar 2019.
![Hong Kong Airlines ending flights to Auckland](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Hong-Kong-Airlines.jpg)
Hong Kong Airlines will exit the Oceania market entirely from May 2019 when it ends nonstop flights to New Zealand's biggest city Auckland.
![Air New Zealand to fly A321neo to Gold Coast](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/A321-ANZ-ZKNNA-CNS-05NOV2018-1-Andrew-Belczacki.jpg)
Air New Zealand says it will upgauge its Auckland-Gold Coast flights to the Airbus A321neo and add a fifth weekly service on the route from February 2019.
![Virgin Australia launches international flights from Newcastle](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180718162437__4PS0103_1170.jpg)
Newcastle Airport will have international flights for the first time in 16 years from November 2018 when Virgin Australia commences a seasonal service to New Zealand. The airline plans to fly between Newcastle and Auckland three times a week with Boeing 737-800s, with the inaugural flight to take off on November 22 2018. The seasonal
![Emirates commences Auckland-Bali-Dubai flights](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/35281061_1843567925702975_1195550176006111232_n_AKL_1170.jpg)
The first year-round flights between Auckland and Bali have commenced with Emirates Airlines’ inaugural service linking the two cities kicking off over the weekend. Flight EK450, operated by Boeing 777-300ER A6-ECV, arrived at Auckland Airport at 0942 on Friday morning, following its seven hour journey from Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport. The aircraft, which has