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AIR NEW ZEALAND NEWS
Air New Zealand and turboprop airliner manufacturer ATR said on November 9 they had signed an agreement to look at the use of hybrid technology to power regional aircraft. The partnership would “explore the role new propulsion technologies could play in the future of the regional aircraft ecosystem”.
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In other Air New Zealand news, the airline has received the first of seven Airbus A321neos on order for its trans-Tasman and Pacific Island networks. The aircraft, ZK-NNA, landed in Auckland on November 5 after a week-long ferry flight from the Airbus Hamburg facility, via Muscat in Oman, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns. Indicative schedules from Air New Zealand showed the inaugural service with the A321neo, powered by Pratt & Whitney PG1000G engines, was expected to be the NZ737 from Auckland to Brisbane on November 23.
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