Air NZ Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZF at Sydney Airport. (Damien Aiello)
Sydney turned on a beautiful spring day to welcome Air New Zealand’s second Dreamliner into revenue service.
The Kiwi flag carrier’s second Boeing 787-9, ZK-NZF, made its commercial debut on Thursday, landing on Sydney’s runway 34L at 0907 local time after a two-hour and 55-minute journey from Auckland.
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The aircraft, which was delivered to Air New Zealand on September 29, was on the ground at Mascot for a little over two hours before taking off at 1121 as NZ104 back to Auckland.
The entry into service of ZK-NZF on the Sydney route follows a similar path to that of Air NZ’s first 787, ZK-NZE, which flew on the Auckland-Sydney route for about a month before being deployed on Perth-Auckland.
According to the latest information, Air NZ plans to start Dreamliner operations to Tokyo Narita on December 2, with Shanghai to follow on December 14.
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Air NZ was due to pick one more 787-9 between now and June 30 2015, according to a slide presentation accompanying the airline’s full year financial results published in August.
Great looking 787 -9. Well done Air NZ with your foresight in ordering this model.
Glen
says:
Yes it shows how smart Air NZ sticking with this 787. I had my doudts of course there lots of unsold 8s at Boeing which shows that the 9 is the better choice. I would like to see them buy the A350 as well but I don’t think there much hope of that.
Jeff Atkinson
says:
Air newzealand might not buy the A350,But its buisiness partner Virgin might to replace the 777″s on the pacific route and Dubai.
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Greg
says:Great looking 787 -9. Well done Air NZ with your foresight in ordering this model.
Glen
says:Yes it shows how smart Air NZ sticking with this 787. I had my doudts of course there lots of unsold 8s at Boeing which shows that the 9 is the better choice. I would like to see them buy the A350 as well but I don’t think there much hope of that.
Jeff Atkinson
says:Air newzealand might not buy the A350,But its buisiness partner Virgin might to replace the 777″s on the pacific route and Dubai.