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ZK-NHB. Airbus A320-271N. c/n 8803. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand and was constructed at the Airbus Industrie Hamburg plant It was the second A320-271NEO built for Air New Zealand It was observed at Finkenwerder in the Air New Zealand livery - February 15, 2019 First flown with the test registration 'D-AUBU' as AIB803A - March 29, 2019 This test flight lasted 2 hours 34 minutes Second test flight (C1) flown as AIB803B - April 03, 2019 This test flight lasted 1 hour 17 minutes Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NHB - April 06, 2019 Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by Air New Zealand at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - April 09, 2019 Departed Hamburg (09:17 CET) on the delivery flight to New Zealand as NZ6096 - April 09, 2019 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight (21:15 NZST) - April 12, 2019 Delivery route: Hamburg - Muscat - Kuala Lumpur - Cairns - Christchurch Operated its first revenue service Christchurch - Brisbane as NZ805 - April 18, 2019 Current with Air New Zealand |
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ZK-NHB. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Christchurch Airport, June 24, 2019. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 0325-160.) |
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ZK-NHB. Air New Zealand - in the 'Silver Fern' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 17, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0325-301.) |