A little over a day. Roughly 26 hours depending on where your stop off is and the connections. Sometimes you have to wait a couple of hours other times up to 7 hours. References :
The fastest trip duration from London Heathrow (LHR) to Christchurch (CHC) is 24h 15min with only 1 stop in Singapore Changi airport (SIN) onboard Singapore Airlines. This option is available everyday except Wednesdays.
(London / LHR – Singapore / SIN – Christchurch / CHC)
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 321 departs LHR at 22:15 and arrives in SIN at 18:00 after a 12h 45min flight. You'll have 1h 50min on the ground in SIN before SQ297 leaves at 19:50 and lands in CHC at 09:30 with a flight time of 9h 40min.
(LHR – Hong Kong / HKG – Auckland / AKL – CHC)
If you decide to fly with Air New Zealand, the total trip duration will vary from 27h 55min to 28h 15min depending on the day of your flight. Air New Zealand flight NZ38 will fly from LHR to Auckland airport (AKL) with a stop in Hong Kong (HKG). Then you will take NZ525 for 1h 20min flight to CHC.
(LHR – Bangkok / BKK – Sydney / SYD – CHC)
On QANTAS, the total trip duration will be 28h 20min with a stop in Bangkok (BKK) and Sydney (SYD) onboard QANTAS flight QF 2 & QF45.
February 9th, 2009 on 8:16 am
30 hours usually with a stop off at LA or hong kong obviously depending which way you go!!
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February 9th, 2009 on 8:48 am
A little over a day. Roughly 26 hours depending on where your stop off is and the connections. Sometimes you have to wait a couple of hours other times up to 7 hours.
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February 9th, 2009 on 9:32 am
Depends how many sops you make and for how long the stops are but the shortest total time I've found is 28 hours 15 minutes
References :
http://www.travelsupermarket.com/travelmerge/travelsearch.aspx?package=4
February 9th, 2009 on 9:47 am
The fastest trip duration from London Heathrow (LHR) to Christchurch (CHC) is 24h 15min with only 1 stop in Singapore Changi airport (SIN) onboard Singapore Airlines. This option is available everyday except Wednesdays.
(London / LHR – Singapore / SIN – Christchurch / CHC)
Singapore Airlines flight SQ 321 departs LHR at 22:15 and arrives in SIN at 18:00 after a 12h 45min flight. You'll have 1h 50min on the ground in SIN before SQ297 leaves at 19:50 and lands in CHC at 09:30 with a flight time of 9h 40min.
(LHR – Hong Kong / HKG – Auckland / AKL – CHC)
If you decide to fly with Air New Zealand, the total trip duration will vary from 27h 55min to 28h 15min depending on the day of your flight. Air New Zealand flight NZ38 will fly from LHR to Auckland airport (AKL) with a stop in Hong Kong (HKG). Then you will take NZ525 for 1h 20min flight to CHC.
(LHR – Bangkok / BKK – Sydney / SYD – CHC)
On QANTAS, the total trip duration will be 28h 20min with a stop in Bangkok (BKK) and Sydney (SYD) onboard QANTAS flight QF 2 & QF45.
The actual flight time will depend on the winds, speed of the aircraft and the actual route the aircraft takes. All departure and arrival times are local.
References :
http://www.staralliance.com/en/travellers/index.html
http://www.oneworld.com/