Falling passenger numbers have led Air New Zealand to dump its direct weekly flight from Auckland to Norfolk Island.
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The flights are to end in May next year.
An Air New Zealand official, Richard Thompson, says the route is not commercially sustainable.
He said Air New Zealand will still be flying up to five times a week from Australia to Norfolk.
Once a tourist mecca, Norfolk Island, has suffered a significant decline in recent years.
The Norfolk Island Council of Elders has taken its appeal to overturn Australia's removal of the island's limited autonomy to the British Prime Minister.
The Norfolk Island Accommodation and Tourism Association is backing calls for Norfolk Island to be connected to the new Hawaiki fibre-optic cable.
A team of British MPs who toured Norfolk Island last month have called for the island's Australian administrator to be recalled.
Norfolk Island's tourism head says guaranteed flights from Australia should help to grow the industry. A recent report by the Australian Government paints a bleak picture of the Island's economy,...
Air New Zealand has been selected by the Australian government to run flights between both Brisbane and Sydney to Norfolk Island. It already weekly services there from Auckland.
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