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ZK-NHA. Airbus A320-271N. c/n 8715. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand and was constructed at the Airbus Industrie Hamburg plant It was the first A320-271NEO built for Air New Zealand It was observed at Finkenwerder in the 'Air New Zealand' livery - January 10, 2019 Engine runs and taxying test carried out - February 15, 2019 First flown with the test registration 'D-AUBR' as AIB715A - February 18, 2019 This test flight lasted 2 hours 5 minutes Second test flight (C1) flown as AIB715B - February 21, 2019 This test flight lasted 1 hour 7 minutes Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NHA - February 26, 2019 Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by Air New Zealand at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - February 27, 2019 Departed Hamburg (09:37 CET) on the delivery flight to New Zealand as NZ6094 - February 27, 2019 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - March 02, 2019 Delivery route: Hamburg - Muscat - Kuala Lumpur - Cairns - Christchurch Elapsed flight time: 23 hours 43 minutes Operated its first revenue service Christchurch - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as NZ893 - March 11, 2019 Operated its first domestic service Christchurch - Auckland - March 22, 2019 Current with Air New Zealand |
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D-ABUR. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, February 2019. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0325-245.) |
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ZK-NHA. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, May 29, 2019. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0325-161.) |
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ZK-NHA. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Wellington Airport, November 20, 2020. (T. Gorman Copyright Image 0325-236.) |
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ZK-NHA. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, November 22, 2020. (A . Murphy Copyright Image 0321-305.) |