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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Czech Airbus A319CJ

Czech Air Force Airbus A319-115X (CJ) 2801 arrived at Auckland just prior to 1700 06Feb from Sydney as CEF04. The Airbus arrived at Canberra 02Feb from Colombo via Perth and Ayres Rock and flew to Sydney 04Feb.
From Yahoo.com
A parliamentary delegation from the Czech Republic, led by the President of the Senate, Premysl Sobotka, arrives tomorrow for a three day visit.
The delegation includes three senators, the Minister for European Relations, Juraj Chmiel, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Milan Hovorka
Short finals runway 23L at Auckland
It is exactly 6 years since the last Czech Air Force machine visited NZ:
Arriving 06 Feb 2004 from Sydney was Czech Air Force Tupolev TU154M 1003 (1003). This particular aircraft was built as recently as 1995 however its interior was very much from the ‘70s period. It carried a Czech delegation led by His Excellency Ambassador Josef Sladek who visited Puhoi (north of Auckland) and travelled by chartered Air National Dash 8 to Wellington and return. Departed Auckland for Brisbane and Darwin 09Feb as “CEF05A”
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