Hot on the heels of Air New Zealand retiring Boeing 737-33R ZK-SJB from service over the weekend, the airline has retired another aircraft from its fleet today, this time it is the turn of -37Q ZK-NGO c/n 28548.
Built on order for British Airways, this airframe first flew on 09 November 1997 and was delivered to BA as G-OAMS on 10 December. During its time with BA, the 737 wore the World Art livery "Rendezvous" , Chinese calligraphy of Hong Kong origin.
The jet was withdrawn from service in early 2002 and the owner, GECAS, secured a new lease with Air New Zealand. The aircraft underwent maintenance and repaint in the UK however retained its G registration for the delivery flight to Christchurch where it arrived on 09 October 2002 as ANZ6991 from London/Gatwick via Shannon, Gander, Winnipeg, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Apia.
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| Arriving at Christchurch. |
Following induction work with the new operator it flew a test flight 03 November 2002 and carried out its first revenue service as ANZ452 from Christchurch to Wellington then onto Auckland as ANZ458. Its final flight for the airline was conducted on the evening of 03 March 2014 with it arriving at Christchurch from Wellington as NZ359.
