Mount Cook Airline expects to be able to get almost all passengers to their destinations today as more aircraft become operational following its full fleet inspection. “Of the 4,000 passengers we will be moving around the country today we expect there will be fewer than 50 who we can’t get to their destination,” says General [...]
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NEWS: Mount Cook ATR Fleet – Update 4
Mount Cook Airline expects to have another three of its ATR72-500 aircraft back in the air tomorrow following an inspection of its full fleet of 11 aircraft. General Manager Sarah Williamson said the airline is today operating approximately two thirds of its normal seat capacity, with two ATR aircraft in service and additional flying from [...]
VIDEO: Largest All Black Aircraft Touches Down
Boeing’s new Air New Zealand 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted all black, touched down in New Zealand for the first time this morning (Thursday 12 January) at Auckland International Airport. The aircraft’s all black paint job is overlaid with a design featuring New Zealand’s distinctive silver fern that extends across [...]
Air NZ’s Smallest Aircraft Joins All Black Fleet
Another Air New Zealand aircraft has undergone the all black treatment. Beech 1900D, registration ZK-EAG, is the latest plane in the 103-strong fleet to get an all-black makeover. After checking into the Eagle Air engineering hangar in Hamilton for its extreme makeover on Boxing Day, the turbo-prop aircraft entered service today sporting the eye-catching black [...]
All Black 777-300ER Unveiling In Seattle
World Champion All Blacks, Kieran Read and Andy Ellis led our brand new, one-of-a-kind Boeing 777-300ER black plane out of Boeing’s paint hangar in Seattle, USA on Friday 16th December. Come behind the scenes and check out all the highlights below. See all the photos here
PHOTOS: Boeing 787-8 Tweet-Up
Monday 14th November The Flying Social Network team organised an exclusive tweet-up in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner choosing 18 lucky tweeters to attend. There were hundreds of tweets, photos and even 2 live streams! And you’d never guess we even had a proposal in the cockpit of the 787! Here are some of the pics [...]
Make Your Own Black Plane
Looking for something fun to do? Why not have a go at making your very own black plane! Instructions can be found here: http://bit.ly/nBThG6. Here’s a handy video if you get stuck:
A320 Crazy About Rugby – Build and Paint
Watch the this cool time-lapse video of our first new domestic A320 being painted with All Black livery - we’re crazy about rugby!
