It’s say June here. We will see, it seemed that it was decided it was an ex CX 3 class aircraft compared to ZK-OKU which is 4 class. We will see where it goes if it’s different to OKU. On 04 Apr 24 CX 77W B-KQN (L/N 1209, c/n 41761) went HKG-XMN probably for end of lease maintenance as it was deliv...
Jump to postThen there is the comment that there will be 5 A321s out of service for up to 18 months. So by the end of this year we may have around 6-7 parked A321N CH-Aviation quotes Foran as saying " up to five...... across the next 18 months ". That will taper off as the engines are gradually retur...
Jump to postOnce again highlighting how NZ's fleet strategy is seriously working to its disadvantage. As I said in an earlier post, the 320 lease market is booming, but NZ seems content to just sit and watch its market share slip away. Not sure what you mean by "the 320 lease market is booming". Last...
Jump to postI was one of about two on here who disccused about the conversion of the OJ series domestic 320s for international. This was from news articles might have been from NBR or the Herald (can't remember exactly now) in around October with Foran mentioning that was their plan. He also stated that 320s a...
Jump to postzkncj wrote:If it wasn’t for Covid, I wonder if they would have not raced into retiring the a320CEO’s and held onto some to the owned frames?
Can anyone tell me when Pan Am started scheduled services to DPS (Bali), and when the route was axed? Hi Jackbr, have not noticed you recently. When the PA SYD-HKG flights started QF was very unhappy and tried to stop them. My father worked for Pan Am in AKL and I heard all about it. The University...
Jump to postAt the same time, CX owns 30 77W after 2026 with 9 77W being returned to lessors these years. Does someone know which of the nine CX 77Ws delivered in 2014 are leased. The 2023 Annual Report Fleet table shows the nine leased 77Ws (as at 31 Dec 2023) being returned as follows: Three in 2024. KQD was...
Jump to postCC-BGG departed AKL about an hour ago as LA9600.
Would the CVR and FDR need to be replaced or just the memory cards?
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/cc-bgg
PA515
B787register wrote:the 787 needs a reboot every x days I wonder if this hadnt taken place?
does anyone know the registration?
Fri 15 March has in its schedule 2xA320 and 14xATRs so 16. Flying back from CHC to WLG there are scheduled a17:05, 18:05, 19:35 and 21:45 all ATRs. Just checked and there's no 1705, 1805, 1935 or 2145 CHC-WLG available on 15 Mar. But there's now a 2045 CHC-WLG ATR that wasn't available 12 hrs ago. ...
Jump to posthey need to do something. I need to go to CHC on 15 Mar for a one day return work trip. 10 days out there are no seats back to Wellington after 16:05 on a ATR. Air NZ are not providing a service or meeting demand. ATR's are little more than a joke on on a prime sector on a peak travel day. The late...
Jump to postZK-NBT wrote:And the article seems to think they have 2 789s and 6 781s on order which should be all 8 789s, subject to change.
Are the Air NZ 787 refits definitely being done in SIN during scheduled maintenance checks? The aircraft due for SIN maintenance in 2024 are NZN, NZQ and NZH. NZN 00 Aug - 00 Sep 2021 NZQ 09 Sep - 09 Oct 2021 NZH 07 Oct - 31 Oct 2021 The aircraft due for SIN maintenance in 2025 are NZI, NZJ, NZK an...
Jump to postAre the Air NZ 787 refits definitely being done in SIN during scheduled maintenance checks? The aircraft due for SIN maintenance in 2024 are NZN, NZQ and NZH. NZN 00 Aug - 00 Sep 2021 NZQ 09 Sep - 09 Oct 2021 NZH 07 Oct - 31 Oct 2021 The aircraft due for SIN maintenance in 2025 are NZI, NZJ, NZK and...
Jump to postThat is financial year though with OYE due in the current year 2024 before 30th June and NNH/NNI due in 2025FY up to June 30th 2025. That’s my reading of it on the NZ page. Slide 15 of the Analyst Presentation says ZK-OYE is due in April 2024. Cash purchase of domestic A321neo in Oct 2023, with a f...
Jump to postRe former CX 77W B-KQD (L/N 1077). I now believe it's unlikely this is coming to Air NZ. After HKG-LAX it went LAX-MZJ. Ascent Aviation has a facility at Marana and according to it's Facebook page is about to start a '777' P2F conversion. This could be the freighter conversion CXflyboy mentioned in ...
Jump to postThat is financial year though with OYE due in the current year 2024 before 30th June and NNH/NNI due in 2025FY up to June 30th 2025. That’s my reading of it on the NZ page. Slide 15 of the Analyst Presentation says ZK-OYE is due in April 2024. Cash purchase of domestic A321neo in Oct 2023, with a f...
Jump to postFormer CX 77W B-KQD (L/N 1077) arrived LAX from HKG about 90 mins ago. It parked at a cargo area in the south east of the airport, presumably for customs clearance and refuelling. Could be heading for VCV for a paint job etc. Only mentioning this as it's a potential ZK-OKV. https://www.flightradar24...
Jump to postNZ516 wrote:So those two line numbers are the ones allocated to Air NZ then. Good to know for future reference thanks.
PA515 wrote:Thanks for the update. Which airline is L/N 1251 (AIN).
787 firing order: LINE TAB CUSTOMER 1230 ZB958 QTR 787-9 1231 ZE369 UAL 787-9 1232 ZC292 KLM 787-10 1233 ZB959 QTR 787-9 1234 ZE494 ETI 787-9 1235 ZC176 HAZ/KAL 787-10 1236 ZE318 HWI 787-9 1237 ZE726 CEA 787-9 1238 ZC278 KAL 787-10 1239 ZE243 THY 787-9 1240 ZE495 ETI 787-9 1241 ZE746 GUN 787-9 1242...
Jump to postYesterday Matt Cawby posted on the "Boeing 787 Production / Deliveries - 2024" Thread an update of 787 Line Numbers 1230 - 1273. There are none for Air NZ which means the two GE 789s for delivery to Air NZ in FY2025 are delayed to FY2026 or later. The latest 787 delivery is L/N 1172 for HA...
Jump to postI'd like to understand more about the lease market; as I said in the previous thread, the lease companies don't seem to be represented in the recent spate of orders post 2021, and NZ don't have a lot on order at present. Given the size of recent orders, I would have thought NZ needed to be planning...
Jump to postLast year I mentioned that former Air NZ 77Es ZK-OKA, OKD, OKE and OKG had been parted out at ROW after reading this somewhere. This was incorrect. On 07 Feb N294AR (ex ZK-OKA) went ROW-MCI and on 08 Feb N29401 (ex ZK-OKD) also went ROW-MCI. Apparently both are going to Eastern Airlines. Nothing so ...
Jump to postCorrection: The Air NZ 2024 Half Yearly report is on 22 Feb.
PA515
On 03 Feb CX 77W B-KQD (L/N 1077) returned from end of lease maintenance in XMN and is now painted all white. Yesterday it did a HKG-HKG test flight, probably an acceptance flight by BBAM. The BBAM listing on https://www.myairtrade.com was deleted a couple of months ago, so it appears to have been ...
Jump to postOn 03 Feb CX 77W B-KQD (L/N 1077) returned from end of lease maintenance in XMN and is now painted all white. Yesterday it did a HKG-HKG test flight, probably an acceptance flight by BBAM. The BBAM listing on https://www.myairtrade.com was deleted a couple of months ago, so it appears to have been l...
Jump to postHi PA515 Where do you get the six weeks from roll-out to delivery from? Is this reflective of how things are moving right now? This is based on ZK-NZR (L/N 919) which was pre covid and rework disruptions. NZR's roll out was 10 Sep 2019 and delivery 21 Oct 2019. Got the 'roll out' date from https://...
Jump to postDon't be surprised if the new 789's don't arrive this calendar year. They were already close to years end for delivery anyway but delays may see them arrive later. True. The last few deliveries were four months later than the 'Roll Out' schedule Matt Cawby provided on 16 Jun 2023. If you factor in ...
Jump to postI may be a bit naïve but why are these 757's so unreliable? I know they are old but they are not worked that hard and surely the RNZAF would be maintaining them to a high standard. My partner asked last night how airlines such as United and Delta (whom we have flown with) can manage to keep theirs ...
Jump to postThere appears to be a problem with ZK-OKQ in SIN. On 11 Dec it pinged on FR24 for about 15 mins outside a SIN hangar. It has been away for 39 days versus 30 days the previous month for ZK-OKP. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-okq PA515 Yes I noticed this it's taking longer to be finis...
Jump to postAir NZ currently at 0120 on 16 Dec has all 14 of 14 789s on live flights from FR. This is an unusual rare event as this would not normally occur as NZ3 is also being operated by a 789 tonight. There appears to be a problem with ZK-OKQ in SIN. On 11 Dec it pinged on FR24 for about 15 mins outside a ...
Jump to postNZ has put out a press release about the 10 year anniversary of its partnership/JV with CX. Interestingly, it says the airlines "look forward to working together for years to come", signalling that they will soon apply to re-authorise the JV as the current approval from NZMOT only runs un...
Jump to postCX 777-367ER B-KQD (L/N 1077) this morning went HKG-XMN, presumably for end of lease maintenance. It was listed on https://www.myairtrade.com by BBAM as available in Feb 2024 but was removed in the past week. It's a C40/W32/Y296 configuration. BBAM also have CX 77W B-KQG (L/N 1127) F6/C53/W34/Y201, ...
Jump to postInteresting as they have it on the seat maps: https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/seat-map-boeing-777-367 Is this long haul or trans tasman? MEL/AKL on 22nd Dec. Interesting. I just tried to book and you are right. Not sure why. The 22nd is the last working day (Fri) before Xmas Day (Mon). Ii's quite l...
Jump to postYikes. An Air New Zealand flight between Napier and Auckland was diverted to Hamilton Airport this morning due to the smell of gas. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/503426/air-new-zealand-flight-lands-safely-in-hamilton-after-gas-scare Wondered why I couldn't find it.yesterday. It was ZK-MVH NZ5...
Jump to postAir NZ 789 ZK-NZK is back in service on Fri 01 Dec as NZ175 AKL-PER, 105 days after the 18 Aug damage.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-nzk
PA515
Don't know if it's officially closed but Algeria definitely doesn't like Morocco.
This 01 Sep 2023 BBC report on the shooting of French tourists that strayed into Algerian waters on jetskis gives some background.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66678886
PA515
Air NZ A320-232 ZK-OJS returned from SIN last night. It was away for 37 days, 7 days less than ZK-OJR.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-ojs
PA515
Eventually got the Stuff link to work.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/133 ... -different
PA515
Stuff has a photo of ZK-OKU and some comments from Greg Foran and Leanne Geraghty.
Apparently the two leased regional A321-271NX that were due in late 2024 and early 2025 are now both due in early 2025. Also ZK-OKU will get the full Air NZ paint job.
Unfortuunately the link does not work.
PA515
Also repainting of the Q300 fleet continues with ZK-NEP, ZK-NER and ZK-NES done and ZK-NEQ presently at BHE. Would be nice if they got new seats as well. PA515 I thought the last Q300 had been painted from the Teal into the black livery already? Correct. And now they are doing the 2014/2015 repaint...
Jump to postAir NZ 789 ZK-NZM arrives from SIN maintenance / WiFi installation as NZ283 on 11 Nov, and ZK-NZG departs for SIN maintenance / WiFi installation as NZ284 on 10 Nov. When NZG returns in early Dec all of the Air NZ International fleet (except ZK-OKU) will have WiFi. Also repainting of the Q300 fleet ...
Jump to postI agree a second identical 77W would make it better, they could run daily IAH and MEL then. Interesting to see what they find should they go ahead with a second lease. Possibly ex CX 77W B-KPH (L/N 720), now VQ-BXJ owned by Aviator Capital (F6/C53/W34/Y182). This is nine across in Y, whereas ZK-OKU...
Jump to postNZ516 wrote:They should lease in some 320s or even try an get OJM back if it's still available.
Air NZ A320ceo ZK-OJR presently SIN-CNS as NZ6005. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-ojr Looks like ZK-OJS will depart for SIN Mon or Tue. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-ojs PA515 It's back onto domestic flights on the 17th so not been converted to an international conf...
Jump to postAir NZ A320ceo ZK-OJR presently SIN-CNS as NZ6005.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-ojr
Looks like ZK-OJS will depart for SIN Mon or Tue.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-ojs
PA515
zkncj wrote:Did OJR get wifi fitted in SIN?
The last regional Air NZ A320ceo (ZK-OJM) left the fleet in Oct 2022 but I don't remember if the seat plan was removed from the website. Anyway, there's one there now. https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/seat-map-airbus-a320-168i ZK-OJR has been in SIN for about six weeks now which is longer than the us...
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