Category: NZ News

Fiji Airways has announced an increase in capacity to its key Australian and New Zealand markets effective immediately. The new services have been made possible by the arrival of the airline’s new ATR 72s which has freed up Boeing 737 capacity. The airline has added two additional flights to Melbourne and two overnight services to Auckland,

The first Boeing 787-9 has been handed over to launch customer, Air New Zealand in Seattle. The aircraft, painted in a striking gloss black and silver fern scheme was handed over to the airline on June 30, and will remain in the Seattle area for crew training and familiarisation flights before a formal handover ceremony

Air New Zealand celebrated 10 years of flying to San Francisco on June 30. Services commenced on June 30 2004 with three flights per week from Auckland, and is now a daily service. Further, the airline says it plans to expand it further to 10 flights per week from mid-December until March 2015, with additional

The first RNZAF Beechcraft T-6C advanced trainer has made its first flight from Beechcraft’s Wichita facility in Kansas on June 10. The aircraft – NZ1401 – made the flight with a Beechcraft company crew at the controls and lasted two hours, and functionality checks such as flight performance and handling characteristics were conducted. It will