Florida-based Western Global Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD11 freighter N435KD touched down in Auckland early morning 02 December as WGN351 from Ottawa, Canada via a techstop at Honolulu. Its arrival coincided with the movements of Tasman Cargo Airlines Boeing 757-200 freighter VH-TCA which conducted two return flights from Auckland to Wellington and back during the course of the day and given the MD11's port of origin in Canada it can be concluded some new $$$ has been delivered to New Zealand!
N435KD was a feature in Brisbane last month where it was employed shuttling cruiseship supplies between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
New Zealand has only played host to Western Global Airlines once before when their Boeing 747-400 freighter visited Christchurch to deliver an engine for the NASA Boeing 747SP "SOFIA" earlier this year.
Thank you to Lanzi for catching VH-TCA arriving in Wellington on its first of two visits 02 December.
