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ZK-MCF. Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A-500. c/n 0600.
Was also registered as: F-WQKH; S2-AJL.
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ? Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse, France First flown (T1) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWEV' - November 03, 1999 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-WQKH - November 1999 Accepted by Air New Zealand at Toulouse (Blagnac) - November 1999 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to New Zealand as SXI? - November 1999 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - November 23, 1999 Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - November 23, 1999 Route: Toulouse - Alexandria - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Kupang - Brisbane - Christchurch Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCF - November 24, 1999 Registered to Mount Cook Airline Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand Operated its first Mount Cook revenue service Christchurch - ? as NZ? - November 1999 This aircraft was the first ATR-72 to be repainted into the 'Silver Fern' livery - September 2014 It operated the first service in the new livery Christchurch - Dunedin - Christchurch - September 12, 2014 Operated its final revenue service Invercargill - Christchurch as NZ5716 - May 06, 2018 It was withdrawn from service and stored at Christchurch pending export to Bangaladesh Test flown Christchurch - Christchurch - May 14, 2018 Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Vietnam as SXI1820 - May 21, 2018 Arrived Ho Chi Minh City on completion of the ferry flight - May 24, 2018 Ferry route: Christchurch - Brisbane - Mount Isa - Darwin - Kota Kinabalu - Ho Chi Minh City The aircraft was then prepared at Ho Chi Minh City for delivery to NovoAir, Bangaladesh Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - May 24, 2018 Entered onto the Bangaladesh Aircraft Register as S2-AJL - May 24, 2018 Registered to NovoAir, Dhaka Current status - ? |
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F-WQKH. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery with additional 'Mount Cook Airline Ltd' titles at Brisbane Airport, December 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0390-044.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand Link - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery with additional 'Mount Cook Airline Ltd' titles at Christchurch Airport, April 25, 2013. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0390-139.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand Link - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery with additional 'Mount Cook Airline Ltd' titles at Christchurch Airport, January 05, 2014. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0390-054.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Auckland Airport, November 16, 2014. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 0390-056.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, May 17, 2015. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0390-061.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, September 14, 2016. (G. Reid Copyright Image 0390-055.) |
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ZK-MCF. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Auckland Airport, July 12, 2017. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 0390-110.) |