Sunday 16 June 2019

Air New Zealand swaps Rolls Royce engines for General Electric on new 787-10

AIR NEW ZEALAND B787-9 ZK-NZE (CN 34334)       















Air New Zealand has placed an order with Boeing for eight 787-10 aircraft valued at $2.7 billion, with an option to increase the number of aircraft to 20. The carrier, dropped Rolls Royce engines and selected General Electric GEnx-1B engines to power the new aircraft., after experiencing ongoing engine issues with its existing fleet of 787s, which are powered by Rolls Royce engines. The first of these aircraft will join the Air New Zealand fleet in 2022. The airline has been weighing options between Airbus (A350) and Boeing for the last 18 months and now confirmed placed an order with Boeing.


AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-219 ZK-OKG (CN 29403)














The 787s will replace all its aging  777-200ERs, which leaves the carrier a fleet of all Boeing wide-body aircraft as well as Airbus A320 family jets for shorter flights. Air New Zealand will phase out all their 777-200ERS by 2025.

The below list is of the remaining Boeing 777-219's

Serial No:      Model           Delivery Date     Registration
29404         777-219ER          27/10/2005         ZK-OKA
34376         777-219ER          08/11/2005         ZK-OKB
34377         777-219ER          20/01/2006         ZK-OKC
29401         777-219ER          18/02/2006         ZK-OKD
32712         777-219ER          24/05/2006         ZK-OKE
34378         777-219ER          20/07/2006         ZK-OKF
29403         777-219ER          19/10/2006         ZK-OKG
34379         777-219ER          17/01/2007         ZK-OKH
30872         777-212ER          18/09/2018         ZK-OKJ

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