RE: Air New Zealand B747 lands back at LHR after engine scare!

United ceased the around the world flight after 9/11. As far as ANZ using LAX rather than SIN or BKK like everybody else, the reasoning is two-fold. First of all, they have a mini-hub at LAX, serving 7 destinations from there(used to be nine, but post 9/11 they ceased HNL and FRA service, now codesharing with UA and LH, respectively). Second of all, AKL-LHR is actually shorter using LAX as a stopover rather than SIN or BKK. If you’re leaving SYD to go to LHR, then it’s closer to use Asia. But from AKL, routing via LAX is closer.

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