What do you mean ? OLD ? Passengers had to pedal for 12 hours straight to get this girl up the Pacific! We used to just use a Maori sling shot........... Our new 787-9s; only economy has to pedal to keep the batteries charged..........
Because ZK-NCK is now retired from Air New Zealand currently in the engineer hanger getting prepped for Iceland Air. Also she is 19.1 years of age which is old for an aircraft
19 years for a rigorously maintained commercial airline is not old. More so, a Winglet 767 300ER with 20 years under its belt is nothing to sneeze at....low/moderate up-front purchase/lease deal...........and if you have 225+ butts to fill those those seats on a regular basis..............it's a cash-cow. Used, low/moderate cycle (GE/P&W powered) Winglet 767 300ERs are always in high demand; and will remain so for many years.
+D McNamara True but Air New Zealand wants to keep the fleet at a very young age hence the reason for the 767 retirement by replacing them with B789..also How they're retiring the last B1900D aircraft and how the A320s replaced the B733 we had. I know this doesn't mean much to you regarding your reply to me just thought I'll say something why Air NZ retired them
Well, when fuel prices went through the roof a few years back............many Legacy Carriers (Air New Zealand included too) went and signed on the dotted-line for new planes and the latest and greatest IFEs/gimmicks for passengers and flight crews.....not knowing then; fuel prices would again be lower and stable. A350 delivery slots are in never-never land at this point......so the 787s two assembly plants sped that situation up for Air New Zealand. With the A320 Series.............Boeing can't compete on financing........so the A320 transition seemed like a no-brainer............more so when Airbus has a tendency to throw-in free-bees(to score an order over Boeing); like spare engines and other expendable parts that need replacing from time to time. But either way, Air New Zealand is now on the hook for some very expensive long term plane "car"-payments (777 300 fleet included)...and those new planes are eventually going to need some expensive mandatory overhauls to remain flight-worthy for years to come. Just hope Air New Zealand does not make the same disastrous financial decisions as Qantas has done in the past ten years......dead-broke......barely able to pay its payroll and financial obligations.
D McNamara Respectfully; you are so misinformed................or just poorly read. QANTAS is anything BUT "dead broke".....there has never been a single week for QANTAS where it failed to pay its obligations. BTW; both ANZ and QANTAS are profitable.
What do you mean ? OLD ?
Passengers had to pedal for 12 hours straight to get this girl up the Pacific!
We used to just use a Maori sling shot...........
Our new 787-9s; only economy has to pedal to keep the batteries charged..........
Because ZK-NCK is now retired from Air New Zealand currently in the engineer hanger getting prepped for Iceland Air. Also she is 19.1 years of age which is old for an aircraft
19 years for a rigorously maintained commercial airline is not old. More so, a Winglet 767 300ER with 20 years under its belt is nothing to sneeze at....low/moderate up-front purchase/lease deal...........and if you have 225+ butts to fill those those seats on a regular basis..............it's a cash-cow. Used, low/moderate cycle (GE/P&W powered) Winglet 767 300ERs are always in high demand; and will remain so for many years.
+D McNamara True but Air New Zealand wants to keep the fleet at a very young age hence the reason for the 767 retirement by replacing them with B789..also How they're retiring the last B1900D aircraft and how the A320s replaced the B733 we had. I know this doesn't mean much to you regarding your reply to me just thought I'll say something why Air NZ retired them
Well, when fuel prices went through the roof a few years back............many Legacy Carriers (Air New Zealand included too) went and signed on the dotted-line for new planes and the latest and greatest IFEs/gimmicks for passengers and flight crews.....not knowing then; fuel prices would again be lower and stable. A350 delivery slots are in never-never land at this point......so the 787s two assembly plants sped that situation up for Air New Zealand. With the A320 Series.............Boeing can't compete on financing........so the A320 transition seemed like a no-brainer............more so when Airbus has a tendency to throw-in free-bees(to score an order over Boeing); like spare engines and other expendable parts that need replacing from time to time.
But either way, Air New Zealand is now on the hook for some very expensive long term plane "car"-payments (777 300 fleet included)...and those new planes are eventually going to need some expensive mandatory overhauls to remain flight-worthy for years to come. Just hope Air New Zealand does not make the same disastrous financial decisions as Qantas has done in the past ten years......dead-broke......barely able to pay its payroll and financial obligations.
D McNamara Respectfully; you are so misinformed................or just poorly read.
QANTAS is anything BUT "dead broke".....there has never been a single week for QANTAS where it failed to pay its obligations.
BTW; both ANZ and QANTAS are profitable.