Departing the Fleet and the Country

Flying from Blenheim to Ardmore yesterday as SOUNDSAIR VICTOR was Sounds Air's Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLV which has apparently been sold and is enroute to Alaska.

Sounds Air's Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLV with the ZK- international prefix ready for its ferry flight to North America. Photo taken at Ardmore on 29 March 2025

The PC12 arrived into Auckland from Sydney on the 20th of November 2016 as VH-VWO before being placed on the New Zealand register as ZK-PLV in January 2017. 

ZK-PLV flew its final Sounds Air flights on the 6th of March 2025, flying two return services from Blenheim to Christchurch as S8 643, 644, 641, and the final flight S8 642.

Pilatus PC12 ZK-PLV at Wellington on 9 November 2023