RAAF Depart Queenstown
The four Royal Australian Air Force BAe Hawk jets departed Queenstown for Hobart early on the afternoon of 29 March as ASY1016 and later the same day continued onto Edinburgh near Adelaide using the...
View ArticleReduced Runway Length at Auckland - has concluded!
Taxiway works at Auckland International saw a displaced threshold implemented overnight 04 February with the transition being carried out during the early hours. The reduced runway length will be in...
View ArticleChallenger 350 M-SGJS
Isle of Man registered Challenger 350 M-SGJS, operated by Twenty 27 Ltd of New Delhi, arrived at Napier on the morning of 29 March from Singapore/Seletar via a techstop at Cairns. It made the short...
View ArticleFalcon 900LX Air2Air Photoshoot -- Behind the scenes
Hopefully a nice way to start the month of April! And it includes a little Kiwi content as well......For those driving the Ocean Highway down to Key West the sight of a Falcon and WWII bomber in...
View ArticleQuest Kodiak Demonstrator NO LONGER due
Sadly the anticipated visit by a Quest Kodiak, N150KQ, has been cancelled with the distributor, Utility Air, unable to provide any future dates for a New Zealand visit. The aeroplane spent much of...
View ArticleGulfstream G650 ZK-KFB
Execujet New Zealand's Gulfstream G650 ZK-KFB, based out of Wellington since 2013, has popped up on aircraft sales website www.controller.com and features a nice video of the aircraft's exterior and...
View ArticleSounds Air latest acquisition arrives
Wellington based commuter airline Sounds Air has taken delivery of its latest Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLX with the aeroplane in full livery arriving in Auckland mid afternoon 02 April from the Gold Coast....
View ArticleCorporate Corner
BR Leasing Citation II N112BR departed Auckland for Sydney and Bankstown 30 March. This jet had arrived at Auckland 01 November from Sydney and during its time in the country made several visits to...
View ArticleBoeing BBJ 9H-GGG
No stranger to New Zealand is the Boeing BBJ 9H-GGG operated by Maltese company Maleth-Aero arrived at Queenstown from Brisbane 03 April 2016 having flown south from Haneda 29 March. This stunning...
View ArticleComanches Depart
The International Comanche Society 2016 get together at Queenstown over Easter weekend has concluded with the overseas participants gravitating home. Piper PA30's VH-HPR and VH-MAC departed Kerikeri...
View ArticleFokker 70 VH-QQX
Brisbane based Alliance Airlines Fokker 70 VH-QQX arrived at Auckland 01 April from Cairns and Brisbane. The operator's Fokker 50 VH-FKO departed a short time after the 70's arrival and made a return...
View ArticleAirbus A319CJ VT-VJM
Defunct Indian operator Kingfisher Airlines had operated on behalf of its owner an Airbus A319CJ Corporate Jet, VT-VJM. This aircraft visited NZ just the once back in summer 2011 stopping in at...
View ArticleSeeking Shelter
The New Zealand and Australian Defence Force rotary assists deployed to Fiji this time last month to support relief efforts post Tropical Cyclone Winston have had to seek shelter at Suva's...
View ArticleC17 Globemaster ZZ172
Royal Air Force Boeing C17 Globemaster III ZZ172 touched down in Christchurch just on 1500 06 April 2016 from RAAF base Amberley, near Brisbane, as "Ascot 6390". The C17 had spent the previous two...
View ArticleFokker 70 VH-QQX revisited
Alliance Airlines Fokker 70 VH-QQX made the types debut to Napier 07 April when it jetted in from Auckland, uplifted its passengers and departed for Queenstown. It departed 09 April for Auckland and...
View ArticleCorporate Corner
Surprisingly busy for this time of year but the country is rapidly emptying itself of visitors:-Pilatus PC12 VH-PIL concluded its demonstration trip to New Zealand and departed from Springhill 06 April...
View ArticleKing Air 200 N595BC
Beechcraft King Air 200 N595BC BB-1195 touched down at Ardmore11 April 2016 concluding its Transpacific delivery flight which originated at Merced, CA and staged via Honolulu, Pago Pago and Auckland....
View ArticleLearjet 35A VH-LJA
Air Affairs (Australia) PTY Learjet 35A VH-LJA 35A-649 touched down at Whenuapai early afternoon 11 April 2016 from its RAN base Nowra home as 'AJAX64'. While it is the first time the Lear has visited...
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