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Monday, October 28, 2013

First Boeing 787 Scheduled Flight to NZ


The first scheduled Boeing 787-8 flight to New Zealand touched down at Auckland on the afternoon of 
28 October with China Southern Airlines introducing the type on their daily Guangzhou-Auckland-Guangzhou services (CZ305/306) replacing Airbus A330-200's.

Delivered to the massive Chinese carrier earlier this month, B-2727 had the honours of being the first to fly the route.  It is one of 9 of the type ordered by China Southern, and the 5th aircraft to be delivered.  Interestingly, B-2727 flew for the first time on 12 October 2012 but wasn't delivered until 10 October 2013!

For more on the July press release, click here 

The last China Southern Airbus A330 service through Auckland was flown by B-6515.
As seen from Cairns!  Thanks to Far North Queensland Skies. 

Locally sourced photos will be added later tonight.


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