ZK-MVP. Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A-600. c/n 1444.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse, France

First flown (T1) with the test registration 'F-WWEQ' - June 26, 2017

Flight time: 2 hour 11 minutes

Test flown (T2) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Francazal) - June 29, 2017

Flight time: 56 minutes

The aircraft was painted into the Air New Zealand livery at Toulouse (Francazal)

Ferried Toulouse (Francazal) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - July 10, 2017

Flight time: 13 minutes

Test flown (T3) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - July 25, 2017

Flight time: 1 hour 18 minutes

Test flown (C1) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - July 26, 2017

Flight time: 1 hour 05 minutes

Accepted by Air New Zealand at Toulouse (Blagnac) - July 29, 2017

Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to New Zealand as SXI1734 - July 29, 2017

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MVP - July 31, 2017

Registered to Mount Cook Airline Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand

It arrived at Christchurch (19:36 local) on completion of the delivey flight - August 03, 2017

Route: Toulouse - Trabzon - Al Ain - Nagpur - Kuala Lumpur - Denpasar - Darwin - Brisbane - Christchurch

Operated its first Mount Cook revenue service Christchurch - Palmerston North as NZ5181 - August 12, 2017

Mount Cook Airline was wound up - December 2019

Mount Cook Airline ceased to exist at the close of business - December 09, 2019

The aircraft was transferred to the Air New Zealand Air Operators Certificate

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland - December 10, 2019

Current with Air New Zealand

 

 

ZK-MVP. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, August 23, 2017.

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ZK-MVP. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, April 21, 2018.

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