Farewell to teal Air New Zealand

 

Air New Zealand’s last remaining teal-tailed Q300 will be heading to Blenheim on Sunday evening to undergo the paint job that will see it sporting the iconic black and white livery used by the rest of the fleet...  The airline had eight of the turboprops that were still painted in the teal blue “Pacific Wave” livery from the early 2000s. But over the past few months, the airline has been giving the aircraft makeovers to update their look, to the black and white livery with silver fern that was introduced in 2013. This work has been done at the Airbus facilities in Blenheim, with the two-week process including stripping the existing paint, repainting, refinishing and reweighing the aircraft, before it can leave the hangar... The refreshed aircraft is set to re-enter service on Monday, August 28.

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Air New Zealand Bombardier Q300 ZK-NEO at Auckland 3 April 2022