Wamos Air

Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330

ZK-NZE Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air New Zealand in special all black livery, at Perth Airport - 29 October 2023. Air New Zealand resumed operating Auckland services using its own aircraft from today. ZK-NZE is seen departing as NZ176 to Auckland on 29 October. To enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing other stored aircraft back online after the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline had wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) Airbus A330-243 aircraft from Spanish airline Wamos Air from 15 November 2022 to 28 October 2023. Wamos Air A330-200 EC-NCK was flown to New Zealand on 10 November 2022 and entered service on the Perth route from 15 November 2022, operating daily as NZ173 from Auckland and departing as NZ174. It operated its final Perth-Auckland service on 27 April 2023 and was replaced by EC-NBN until 28 October 2023. Photo © John Slabbert

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Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330

David Eyre 29 October 2023

Air New Zealand re-introduced their own Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft onto Auckland – Perth services as of today, 29 October 2023, with the all-black ZK-NZE operating. Airbus A330-200 aircraft...

Wamos Air A330 leased by Air New Zealand for Perth services

EC-NCK Airbus A330-243 of Wamos Air, leased to Air New Zealand, at Perth Airport - 15 November 2022. First visit to Perth. Arriving on runway 03 as flight NZ173 from Auckland. This aircraft was wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) from Spanish airline Wamos Air to enable Air New Zealand to build capacity, while bringing other stored aircraft back online after the COVID-19 pandemic. EC-NCK was flown to New Zealand on 10 November 2022 and entered service on the Perth route from 15 November 2022, operating daily as NZ173 from Auckland and departing as NZ174. EC-NCK operated its final Perth-Auckland service on 27 April 2023 and was replaced by EC-NBN until 28 October 2023, when Air New Zealand resumed its own Boeing 787 service on the route. Photo © Max Schimpf

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Wamos Air A330 leased by Air New Zealand for Perth services

David Eyre 15 November 2022

An Airbus A330-200 aircraft has been wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) from Spanish airline Wamos Air since 15 November 2022, to enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing...

Wamos Air

Air New Zealand resumes Boeing 787 Auckland – Perth services, replacing leased Wamos Air A330

Wamos Air A330 leased by Air New Zealand for Perth services

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