Saturday, July 04, 2015

Air NZ's Boeing 767 into and out of Wellington!

Today saw a very unusual visitor into Wellington, in the form of an Air NZ operated Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL!

This aircraft came up from Dunedin [after an earlier morning flight from Auckland to Dunedin] carrying Highlanders rugby supporters, arriving about 10:32am. It departed Wellington heading to Auckland about 12:15pm.

First up are a couple of photos from the landing.

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ

Next up are photos from the departure. It must have been very light, as the aircraft was airborne just after M4 and well before taxiway M5! I'm guessing it was a combination of a light fuel load, little freight and full noise for takeoff. Nicely done anyway!

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ, taxying to the holding point

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ, rotating and almost all wheels off

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ, airborne before taxyway M5!

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ

Boeing 767-319, ZK-NCL, operated by Air NZ, on the way home to Auckland

3 comments:

minicooper said...

A great way to spend a morning! I didn't manage a good take off shot so thanks for posting yours!

Rodney said...

It sure was! Looks like there were a few of the "usual suspects" getting snaps :-)

minicooper said...

Many more people out for a look! My stuff is over on flickr. Good to see some different aircraft about today.