Comments on: Air NZ schedules one-off 767 to Wellington for rugby final

By: James

James — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:10:22 +0000

John,

Better still NZ could fly a 767 from NZL to BNE, then do BNE/CBR/BNE & back to NZL.

With fast turnarounds, could almost do it with one crew.

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:34:28 +0000

We hear Vail Resorts (USA) new owners of Perisher Valley Australia’s biggest ski resort, is looking for ways to get people to Perisher(for those who don’t live in SYD or CBR).

FYI
No longer ANY commercial flights to OOM & both QF & VA have cut back on capacity into CBR on weekends. TT or JQ would be perfect, but VA & QF respectively won’t allow them into CBR.

So maybe NZ should fly on or around weekends a 767-300ER with maximum seats in one class maybe AKL or CHC/PER, then do PER/CBR/BNE & back again.

AFAIK, NZ can fly domestically in OZ without any restrictions & they could do it on a low cost basis. Makes a lot of sense really.

Vail Resorts in USA underwrite certain % of seats into Vail airport which is far superior into flying into awful DEN, which is worse than SYD, if that’s possible.

By: Gary WEG

Gary WEG — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:47:31 +0000

United would have struggled with a B747-100 into Wellington on a diversion. I recall Qantas, when it was an all 747 carrier, couldn’t get a full size jumbo (before the 747-8) into Wellington but the SP could do it.

Try the photos at: http://www.bing.com/search?mkt=en-AU&ourmark=1&FORM=RKTNTB&PC=RK01&q=wellington%20photo%20qantas%20boeing%20747%20SP

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:11:55 +0000

Here is a video of this beauty landing at Wellington 🙂

https://youtu.be/jdiwvnu4h9U

And also one of her leaving just over an hour later:
https://youtu.be/AVywVQYAcBA

By: Jeff Atkinson

Jeff Atkinson — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:05:31 +0000

I see on flight radar this morning 8am aest.That there are two Airnewzealand jets about to depart Auckland for Cairns at the same time,! x 767-300er and a A320.Is this a charter does anyone know..And there;s also a 747sp from Nasa working out of Christchurch for the last week or two?

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 03:08:17 +0000

In 2014 Air NZ sent a Boeing 767-300 to Dunedin for a special charter service and a Boeing 767-200 has also been to Dunedin in 2003

By: Crhis

Crhis — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 23:12:32 +0000

Great reading about wide bodies into Wellington, but Dunedin has never has never had a wide body service and I cannot recall one ever flying into there but I am happy to be corrected.

Re the winglets on the 767, Air NZ was one of the first airlines to do this along with some other efficiency modifications.(packs to remove moisture). The winglets and other modifications gave better fuel/performance improvements than planned hence probably why Air NZ has now brought the remaining 767’s.

There is talk Air NZ will take out the business class seats in the 767’s and fit the new premium economy seats and sell them as premium economy to what is referred to as “fly and flop” destinations.

Interesting to note that United is now putting winglets on some of their 767’s to retain them in the fleet while there is talk some of the ex Qantas 767’s are being refurbished, winglets fitted and leased to West Jet of Canada.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:10:56 +0000

..it doesn’t matter anyway, because the Hurricanes are going to win.

By: Craigy

Craigy — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:24:02 +0000

Qantas considered it for the B767s but since they were flying only domestic routes plus the odd international, the fuel savings were insufficient to justify the cost

By: NJP

NJP — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:58:16 +0000

Wonder how long the retro-fit cost of winglets takes to be realised in fuel savings?