Originally Posted by
Zaphod
Jaa mentioned the competition which is very important, given any flight to EZE will require a connection from Australia to another country. There are sometimes cheaper routing options than Australia to EZE via AKL but they can be significantly longer and generally not as comfortable. On 15+ hrs of flight (inc connections) that will rate as important to many customers.
Other routes from Australia such as Canada, USA and Europe face competition from direct routes so have traditionally not been as appealing to the market as readily as EZE or perhaps some of the new destinations such as Vietnam (SGN) are.
A colleague is heading AKL to YYZ (Calgary) on UA via SFO and SEA saving him $250pp v. the AirNZ alternative of AKL-YVR-YYZ. Personally given the extra time taken I'd have sprung for the more direct service but money does talk.