Love Is In the Air

Air New Zealand will soon go where no commercial airline has ventured before: a matchmaking flight from Los Angeles to Auckland on 15 October. While the possibility of illicit adventure has been a constant with airline travel, no commercial airline has tried to take it mainstream.

Until now. With its inaugural flight, the carrier bursts open the obvious market for milehigh introductions. The airline’s idea is actually a spinoff from an online community it created to help Americans and New Zealanders meet for business, travel or simply a fun date.

Air New Zealand will soon go where no commercial airline has ventured before: a matchmaking flight from Los Angeles to Auckland on 15 October. While the possibility of illicit adventure has been a constant with airline travel, no commercial airline has tried to take it mainstream.

Until now. With its inaugural flight, the carrier bursts open the obvious market for milehigh introductions. The airline’s idea is actually a spinoff from an online community it created to help Americans and New Zealanders meet for business, travel or simply a fun date.

“The flight will be buzzing with like-minded folk,” the airline’s website says, along with fun and games and a mystery celebrity.

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