Emirates ► Boeing 777-200LR ► Inaugural Landing ✈ Auckland Airport
Emirates longest haul, flying from Dubai to Auckland and back daily, was inaugrated earlier this week with an Airbus A380 having the honour of operating the first service. The first Boeing 777-200LR to...
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Deep Freeze 2015/2016 Season Winds Down
The Antarctic summer programme is well and truly into its wind down phase as the USAF bug out their Lockheed LC130 Hercules fleet and dispatch a Boeing C17 Globemaster III to Christchurch ahead of its...
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Boeing 757 G-BMRI
DHL Boeing 757-200 freighter G-BMRI has concluded its time "down under" and it departed Auckland for Darwin and Singapore as DHK01P on 04 March. The 757 arrived at Auckland on lease to Tasman Cargo...
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Air NZ Regional Maintenance and ATR42 F-OIPI
The following is the press release made by Air New Zealand on 4 March:First international customer for Air New Zealand’s Regional Maintenance hub in NelsonAir New Zealand has signed a contract to...
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RAAF C17 Drops in on Wellington
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing C17 Globemaster III A41-211 dropped into Wellington late afternoon 06 March as ASY466 arriving from Amberley and Brisbane and departing for Amberley, the home of 36...
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Airliner Bizjets
Adding to our recent corporate corner:Thomson's Boeing 757 G-OOBD departed Christchurch 04 March for Cairns on the continuation of its around the world journey.Alticor/Amway Boeing BBJ N260DV concluded...
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Classic Jets
A couple of what could be termed "classic" jets arrived at Auckland on the afternoon of 07 March.First up was the 31 year old Spey MK511 hush-kitted Gulfstream III N740VC operated by Prime Jet/Sky...
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Destined to become ZK??
Interesting news on the wires last week re Australian based Alliance Airlines considering the application for a New Zealand air operators certificate. Click the link below for details.Alliance has...
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Boeing BBJ A36-001
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 737 BBJ A36-001 arrived at Ohakea from Canberra 06 March as ASY310 and the following day it departed on what appears to be a training detail flying to Wellington then...
View ArticlePiper Comanche Convention Participants cross the Tasman
Thanks to ZKBAZ for the following press release regarding the international Comanche convention:29 February, 2016Piper Comanche Aircraft owners hold international convention inQueenstown, New...
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RNZAF NH90 Fiji Operations
The NZ Defence Force issued the following press release a few days ago:4 March 2016 MEDIA RELEASENZDF NH90 HELICOPTERS CONDUCT MERCY FLIGHTS TO CYCLONE-HIT FIJI COMMUNITIESThe New Zealand Defence...
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Gulfstream 5 N996GA
Arriving at Wellington from Hickam on the evening of 08 March was the United States Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigations Gulfstream 5 N996GA. The aircraft carried FBI Director James...
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Learjet 36A N82GG
Arriving at Wellington from Sydney on the afternoon of 09 March was Meisinger Aviation Learjet 36A N82GG. The Lear has been operating in Australia since Spring 2015. It conducted a survey flight...
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Sea Harrier ZD580
The arrival of ex Royal Navy Sea Harrier ZD580 in Auckland's Tamaki Estuary on 09 March certainly turned heads! Online research reveals the aircraft has been bought by New Zealand interests and if you...
View ArticleRNZAF T-6C Texan II CLOSE UP!! Engine startup and Takeoff from Auckland ...
Air New Zealand hosted an open day at Auckland International last Sunday providing an opportunity for staff and friends/family to get up close and personal with the activities on the airport and in...
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Airbus A340-300 EP-AJA
Iranian Government/Islamic Republic of Iran/Airbus A340-300 EP-AJA touched down at Wellington on the afternoon of 12 March from Bangkok as Meraj 05. The VVIP jet is leased from Meraj Air and has been...
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Gulfstream G550 N107VS
VISA USA Inc Gulfstream G550 N107VS arrived at Auckland late morning 11 March from Sydney. The aircraft had flown to Sydney from Maui 09 March joining American Express Travel Related Services Company...
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C17 Globemaster 95-0105
United States Air Force/New York Air National Guard 105th Air Wing Boeing C17 Globemaster III 95-0105 "Sentinel" visited Christchurch this week as part of the wind down of Operation Deep Freeze....
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Airbus A340-300 EP-AJA - more on its arrival
The arrival of Iranian VVIP Airbus A340-300 EP-AJA on Saturday certainly attracted a great deal of interest as it touched down in Wellington mid afternoon from Bangkok. Herewith some shots of it...
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Gulfstream G550 N138GL
Sunset Aviation Gulfstream G550 N138GL made a sunrise arrival at Wellington 13 March having crossed the Pacific from Oakland via Honolulu as "Twilight 5". The jet spent just on 24 hours in the country...
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