ZK-MVQ. Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A-600. c/n 1451.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse, France

First flown (T1) with the test registration 'F-WWEX' - August 01, 2017

Flight time: 2 hour 10 minutes

Test flown (T2) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Francazal) - August 03, 2017

Flight time: 1 hour 40 minutes

The aircraft was painted into the Air New Zealand livery at Toulouse (Francazal)

Ferried Toulouse (Francazal) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - August 16, 2017

First flown (T3) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - August 21, 2017

Flight time: 41 minutes

First flown (T4) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - August 28, 2017

Flight time: 1 hour 13 minutes

First flown (T5) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - August 29, 2017

Flight time: 40 minutes

First flown (T6) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - August 31, 2017

Flight time: 46 minutes

First flown (C1) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) - September 04, 2017

Flight time: 53 minutes

Accepted by Air New Zealand at Toulouse (Blagnac) - September 07, 2017

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MVQ - September 07, 2017

Registered to Mount Cook Airline Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand

Departed Toulouse (08:44 local) on the delivery flight to New Zealand as SXI1737 - September 07, 2017

It arrived at Christchurch (19:38 local) on completion of the delivey flight - September 12, 2017

Route: Toulouse - Trabzon - Al Ain - Nagpur -Kuala Lumpur - Denpasar - Darwin - Brisbane - Christchurch

Operated its first Mount Cook revenue service Christchurch - Napier as NZ5772 - September 24, 2017

Mount Cook Airline was wound up - December 2019

Mount Cook Airline ceased to exist at the close of business - December 09, 2019

The aircraft was transferred to the Air New Zealand Air Operators Certificate

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland - December 10, 2019

Current with Air New Zealand

 

 

ZK-MVQ. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, March 25, 2018.

(Z. Rae Copyright Image 0390-079.)

ZK-MVQ. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, June 28, 2018.

(G. Reid Copyright Image 0390-099.)