The race is on between All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand for bragging rights as the first airline to operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on a scheduled commercial flight. Air NZ was the first to take delivery of the new aircraft, when the all-black painted ZK-NZE landed at Auckland Airport on July 11. The
A 725SQN MH-60R ‘Romeo’ helicopter has fired a Hellfire missile, the first time a RAN aircraft has fired a guided missile since the demise of the Fleet Air Arm’s fixed wing flying in the early 1980s. The missile was fired on July 25 by one of two 725SQN MH-60Rs currently deployed to the US Navy’s
Air New Zealand has issued an unreserved apology and will shell out more than $220,000 in compensation payments after leaving passengers stranded for three days in Honolulu. The airline has let down the 227 people booked on the flight, general manager of customer experience Carrie Hurihanganui said. “Due to the lengthy nature of this disruption,
For Air New Zealand it is a case of out with the old and in with the new. Fresh from taking delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the Kiwi flag carrier has retired one of its two remaining Boeing 747-400s. 747-475 ZK-SUH (msn 24896), has landed at the aircraft graveyard in Victorville, California after
Qantas says there is no risk to its flights to London flying through Iraqi airspace. The airline’s services between Dubai and London currently fly over Iraq, as do a number of other airlines’ flights between Asia and Europe. Qantas chief pilot Dick Tobiano says the airline would never compromise its passengers or crew by flying
Qantas and Regional Express were Australia’s two most punctual airlines in June, new figures show. Qantas led all the major domestic carriers with 86.6 per cent of its flights departing within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure in June, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics report said. Next best was Virgin Australia at
