Chasing The Sun

Air New Zealand’s sixth 787 delivery reflects the Dreamliner’s growing maturity and glowing acceptance from its operators and passengers

Air New Zealand was the second customer for the Boeing 787 after All Nippon Airways and the launch airline for the 787-9, but like all airlines has had a painful wait for the plastic fantastic.

So the recent delivery of the airline’s sixth 787, ZK-NZH, was an opportunity for Australian Aviation to find out how the aircraft’s introduction was progressing.