ZK-NZQ. Boeing 787-9. c/n 39296-751. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Air Lease Corporation for lease to Air New Zealand - ? It was built at the Boeing Everett plant It was the 12th Boeing 787 built for Air Lease Corporation It was allocated the Boeing Variable Number 'ZB997' Airframe assembly commenced - July 27, 2018 It was configured with 27 Business Class, 33 Premium Economy and 215 Economy class seats, Fitted with 2 x Rolls Royce Trent 1000 Turbojet engines Rolled out of the production hangar - August 20, 2018 It was allocated the Boeing Test Registration 'N1088S' First flown (B1) Everett (Paine Field) - Everett (Paine Field) as BOE997 - September 05, 2018 Flight duration - 3 hours 52 minutes Test flown (B2) Everett (Paine Field) - Moses Lake (flyover) - Everett (Paine Field) - September 10, 2018 Flight duration - 3 hours 32 minutes Test flown (B3) Everett (Paine Field) - Everett (Paine Field) - September 13, 2018 Flight duration - 2 hours 29 minutes Test flown (C1) Everett (Paine Field) - Moses Lake (flyover) - Everett (Paine Field) - September 14, 2018 Flight duration - 1 hours 32 minutes Accepted by Air Lease Corporation at Everett (Paine Field) - September 19, 2018 Leased to Air New Zealand as the registered operator It was the 13th Boeing 787 delivered to Air New Zealand Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZQ - September 20, 2018 Registered to Air New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand Departed Everett (Paine Field - 17:09 UTC) on the delivery flight to New Zealand as NZ6094 - September 20, 2018 It arrived at Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - September 21, 2018 Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as NZ101 - September 26, 2018 Current with Air New Zealand |
ZK-NZQ. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 18, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4685-199.) |