Having opened its first store in New Zealand in 1987, there are more than 135 Flight Centre branded stores across both islands, making it the largest travel specialist in the country.

Other FCTG brands present in New Zealand include Student Flights, Cruiseabout, FCm Travel Solutions, Corporate Traveller, cievents, Stage and Screen, Infinity Holidays, Flight Centre Business Travel, Travel Associates and The Ticket Centre as well as Travel Money.

Flight Centre Limited was named New Zealand’s top large workplace employer for eight consecutive years (2002–2009) in the country’s largest and most prestigious annual workplace survey, The JRA Best Workplaces Awards. Ranking second overall in the large workplace category in 2011, FCTG won the Five-Year League award that year for appearing as a finalist consistently for five years.