The airline said it had been looking at the possibility of holding memorial services at the accident site and Scott Base on November 28 this year and o f giving a family representative of each of those killed in the crash an opportunity to visit the Erebus memorial.
But it said after talking with Antarctica New Zealand it became clear it wasn't practical or logistically possible given the remoteness of the Erebus memorial site and the limited opportunity to co-ordinate the visit with combined United States and New Zealand helicopter support.
However, it was able to make available five places to visit Scott Base and the Erebus memorial site dependent on weather.
It was proposing three of the places go to next-of-kin of passengers, with the other two to representatives of cabin crew and flight crew.
Air New Zealand deputy chief executive Norm Thompson said the airline would like feedback from families on whether they felt it was appropriate for the seats to be filled by next-of-kin.
Advertisements had been placed in national and regional newspapers and messages sent through the embassies representing the countries of the overseas-based passengers asking for their feedback by October 7.
"If there is a general consensus that it would be appropriate to have next-of-kin travel to Antarctica on behalf of the families for the services, we will seek expressions of interest," Mr Thompson said.
The selection would be made through an independent ballot, providing those balloted passed a full Antarctic medical by November 5.
The airline also wanted to know whether next-of-kin would like the opportunity to have messages for loved ones placed in a capsule near the accident site.
The airline said it was also planning to mark the first anniversary of the A320 accident which killed five New Zealanders off the coast of Perpignan in France on November 28 last year.
Some family and friends of the men killed when the plane plunged into the sea were expected to travel to Perpignan where the airline would hold a service and unveil a memorial plaque.
An anniversary service would also be held in Auckland.
