Air New Zealand has slashed fares to Australia to as little as $69 in a bid to boost sales amid the global coronavirus epidemic.
The airline is offering the one way flights from Christchurch to Melbourne, while fares for Auckland to Sydney and Brisbane will set Kiwis back $79.
The cheap airfares went on sale on Friday and are available for travel from mid-March.
Air New Zealand is offering $69 one way flights from Christchurch to Melbourne , while fares for Auckland to Sydney and Brisbane will set Kiwis back $79
Budget airline Jetstar has also announced one-way flights for as little as $130 from Melbourne to Christchurch
Air New Zealand chief revenue officer Cam Wallace said customers will be able to fly across the Tasman for cheaper than a night's accommodation at most hotels.
'Customers are going to get some ridiculously good deals on flights across the Tasman,' said in a statement.
'Like all airlines we have seen some softness in demand on routes like the Tasman where we now have some empty seats due to travellers mainly from Asian destinations not connecting between New Zealand and Australia.'
Budget airline Jetstar has also announced one-way flights for as little as $130 from Melbourne to Christchurch.
The See NZ Sale is on sale until March 2 while tickets last.
Flights from the Gold Coast to Wellington and Christchurch are just $140 one-way.
Sydney to Auckland will set passengers back $149 one-way, while fares from the Gold Coast to Auckland start at $135.
As a result of coronavirus travel bans, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have reduced the amount of flights heading across the ditch.
Cheap flights to and from New Zealand
Air New Zealand's cheap flights for travel from mid-March
Auckland-Melbourne: $69 ($66AUD)
Auckland-Brisbane: $79 ($75AUD)
Auckland-Sydney: $79 ($75AUD)
Christchurch-Melbourne: $69 ($66AUD)
Christchurch-Brisbane: $79 ($75AUD)
Wellington-Sydney: $79 ($75AUD)
Jetstar's cheap flights to New Zealand
Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch from $130 one way
Gold Coast to Auckland from $135 one way
Gold Coast to Wellington from $140 one way
Gold Coast to Christchurch from $140 one way
Sydney to Auckland from $149 one way
Gold Coast to Queenstown from $165 one way
Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Queenstown from $175 one way
Sydney to Queenstown from $179 one way
But they are lowering ticket prices to fill up the planes as much as possible.
So far 23 people in Australia have been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Another eight, who were caught on the Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers in Japan, are being treated in their home states.
It's now affecting 47 countries, has killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 82,500.
Overnight on Thursday the World Health Organisation said the coronavirus outbreak, which began in China's Hubei province in December, had reached a 'decisive point' and urged countries to redouble efforts to contain its spread.
It's now affecting 47 countries, has killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 82,500.
'This virus has pandemic potential,' WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned.
Coronavirus is affecting 47 countries, has killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 82,500
CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 23
NEW SOUTH WALES: 4
January 25
Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China contracted the disease.
Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China.
They were treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital
January 27
A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth person to test positive for the illness in NSW.
The woman, a student at UNSW, flew into Sydney International Airport on flight MU749 on January 23 and presented to the emergency department 24 hours later after developing flu-like symptoms.
VICTORIA: 7
January 25
A Chinese national aged in his 50s becomes the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Australia.
The man flew to Melbourne on China Southern flight CZ321 from Wuhan via Guangzhou on January 19.
He was quarantined at Monash Hospital in Clayton in Melbourne's east.
January 29
A Victorian man in his 60s is diagnosed with the coronavirus.
He became unwell on January 23 - two days after returning from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
The man was confirmed as positive on January 29 and was subsequently seen by doctors at the Monash Medical Centre.
January 30
A woman in her 40s is found to have coronavirus.
She was visiting from China and mostly spent time with her family.
She is being treated at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
February 1
A woman in her 20s in Melbourne is found to have the virus
February 22
Two passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship test positive
February 25
Third passenger taken off the cruise ship tests positive
QUEENSLAND: 8
January 29
Queensland confirms its first case after a 44-year-old Chinese national was diagnosed with the virus. He is being treated at Gold Coast University Hospital.
January 30
A 42-year-old Chinese woman who was travelling in the same Wuhan tour group as the 44-year-old man tests positive. She is in Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition.
February 4
An eight-year-old boy was diagnosed with coronavirus. He is also from the tour group where the other Queensland cases came from
February 5
A 37-year-old man, who was a member of a group of nine Chinese tourists in quarantine on the Gold Coast, also tested positive
February 6
A 37-year-old woman was diagnosed with coronavirus from the same travel group that flew to Queensland from Melbourne on January 27
February 21
Two Queensland women, aged 54 and 55, tested positive for COVID-19 and will be flown to Brisbane for further treatment.
A 57-year-old woman from Queensland also tested positive for the virus
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 3
February 1
A Chinese couple in their 60s who arrived in Adelaide from Wuhan to visit relatives are confirmed to have coronavirus.
A 24-year-old woman from South Australia was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1
February 21
A 78-year-old man from Western Australia was transferred to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. On February 28, he was taken into intensive care in a 'serious' condition
DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP: 8
Of the 23 overall cases in Australia, eight contracted the disease on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which had gone into quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama
They tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving at the Manigurr-ma Village Howard Springs facility in Darwin, and are now being treated in their home states
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