Before the Storm

Before the storm on Sunday 31 August 2025 I had a couple of hours in the Regional Lounge at Auckland awaiting my flight to Blenheim. With the closure of the Air NZ staff carpark it has become almost impossible to get ground shots of aircraft at Auckland airport. No delay for my departure and a smooth flight!

Air Chathams' Saab 340 ZK-CIY departing Auckland for Paraparaumu on 31 August 2025

A little later sister Saab 340 ZK-KRA was towed to the terminal in preparation for operating the Whakatāne service 

My first photo of Air New Zealand's Airbus ZK-NNH arriving at Auckland on 31 August 2025

A couple of Barrier Air's Cessna 208B Grand Caravans... ZK-SDA arriving...

...and ZK-SDE departing

Airwork were swapping around their Boeing 737-400 freighters, ZK-TLM being towed to the apron...

...and ZK-TLL was being towed back to the engineering base.

Skyline Aviation's Beech Super King Air was returning to base...

And a couple of international departures... Singapore Airlines' Airbus 350 9V-SMH off to Singapore

and Fiji Airways Airbus 330 DQ--FJU in One World scheme off to Nadi