Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) and Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) have agreed to form an alliance aimed at boosting the existing capacity between Singapore and New Zealand by up to 30% year round. According to the terms of the proposed agreement, Air New Zealand will launch daily services between Auckland International and Singapore Changi using newly refitted Boeing B777-200(ER) aircraft, taking over five flights currently operated by Singapore Airlines and adding two more weekly flights, increasing the frequency to daily. In return, Singapore Airlines will begin deploying its A380-800 on flights to Auckland for the first time, progressively replacing an existing daily service with the smaller Boeing B777-300ER. Singapore Airlines’ daily Singapore-Christchurch service would continue as part of the alliance. The proposed alliance would enable Air New Zealand passengers to access codeshare travel on Singapore Airlines' routes to the United Kingdom, Europe, South East Asia and Africa, as well as on the network of its regional subsidiary airline, SilkAir (Singapore Changi). Singapore Airlines’ customers would be able to access codeshare travel across the Air New Zealand domestic network and to selected international destinations. Pending approval from the Competition Commission of Singapore and the New Zealand Ministry of Transport, flights could commence as early as December 2014.