Today was the final day of regularly scheduled Boeing 737 flying for Air New Zealand, with the last of their B737's, a B737-319, ZK-NGI, undertaking a full day of flying between Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
The only additional flights are expected to be part of a farewell tour to various airports next week.
This marks the end of over 40 years of B737 domestic and international flying with Air NZ [utilising B737-200's initially then moving to the -300's] and I guess the end of the transition to an all A320 fleet for domestic and much of the regional flying.
Anyway, here are a few photos from the last scheduled passenger flight takeoff from Wellington. It didn't take up much runway - other photos I have indicate it was off prior to taxiway M4... full noise and a lighter load perhaps?
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| Boeing 737-319, ZK-NGI, operated by Air NZ |
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| Boeing 737-319, ZK-NGI, operated by Air NZ |
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| Boeing 737-319, ZK-NGI, operated by Air NZ |
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| Boeing 737-319, ZK-NGI, operated by Air NZ |
:-(
ReplyDeleteis about all I can say.
Yeah true, although I find the A320's much more comfortable [I'm not saying they are comfy, just more comfy], especially with me being reasonably tall at 6'2".
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad day indeed. At least I got to see and photograph it one last time, I doubt I will be able to be there on the 15th.
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