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Saturday, March 12, 2016

Islamic Republic of Iran [Meraj Air] at Wellington!

Today's "very interesting, very rare, very exciting" series of photos is of an Airbus A340-313, EP-AJA, operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran/ Meraj Air!!!

I think the last A340 at Wellington would have been a Gulf Air flight way back in November 2009 [someone correct me please if I'm wrong]! Aside from that, I'm not sure when the last Iranian-registered aircraft would have flown into New Zealand.

Anyway, on to the photos. I took a lot of them, but these are some of the best I have. I might publish a few more later on...

Airbus A340-313, EP-AJA, operated by Meraj Air/ Islamic Republic of Iran

Airbus A340-313, EP-AJA, operated by Meraj Air/ Islamic Republic of Iran

Airbus A340-313, EP-AJA, operated by Meraj Air/ Islamic Republic of Iran

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13 comments:

  1. Graeme A12 March 2016 at 18:02

    Saw it fly over Tawa this afternoon. Very impressive.

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  2. Rodney12 March 2016 at 18:07

    Hi Graeme... yep and a big plane... awesome!

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  3. Anonymous12 March 2016 at 19:40

    Any idea when it will be departing? Would be great to see.

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  4. Anonymous12 March 2016 at 20:12

    It belongs to the Government and probably flew there for an official visit.

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  5. Anonymous12 March 2016 at 22:57

    My daughter saw this roll in while we were eating at the Spruce Lyall Bay. She was looking past me and said Dad, A plane from the Islamic Republic of Iran just went past the window.. I laughed and said yeah right. Turned around and there it was. It went to the very end of the runway and turned around to follow a lead vehicle back to the terminal. Impressive sight I have to say.

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  6. Anonymous13 March 2016 at 09:33

    Beautiful plane!! Tracking this all the way from Bangkok.

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  7. Unknown13 March 2016 at 09:35

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  8. Anonymous13 March 2016 at 09:55

    Why u delete my comment

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  9. Rodney13 March 2016 at 15:09

    Hello (last) Anonymous. The comment is flagged as "...removed by author". It was not removed by me. Cheers.

    Hello earlier Anonymous': I hear it might depart Monday sometime. It was certainly a surprise to see it pop up on the flight tracking software, and good to see it here for a visit!

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  10. Jason13 March 2016 at 18:09

    Just saw this on the news and immediately came to see if you captured this - Awesome shots mate!

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  11. Rodney13 March 2016 at 21:50

    Thank you Jason! Much appreciate it, and hey, it's fun for me also :-)

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  12. Unknown14 March 2016 at 05:14

    Apparently here for a trade delegation yesterday...hmmm...is it coincidence that many of our farmers are struggling and land prices are going to drop dramatically......just a thort..

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  13. Anonymous15 March 2016 at 18:43

    Anyone think its suspicious that the a US Air force C17 and the Iran flight were here at the same time???

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