Auckland Internationals

A look at the international arrivals at Auckland on Sunday 6 September 2017

Air Asia X's Airbus 330 (M-XXH arriving from Kuala Lumpur.
The special livery remembers its the company's Group Chief Operating Officer Anaz Ahmad Tajuddin who died earlier this year.

Setting off on the world's longest scheduled route, Auckland to Doha, is Qatar Airway's Boeing 777-200 A7-BBA

Arriving from Guangzhou, China Southern's Airbus 330 B-6135

On the taxi for departure, Cathay Pacific's Airbus 350 B-LRO

Arriving from Sydney LATAM's Boeing 787-9 CC-BGC

Coming in from Brisbane, locally based Dassault Falcon 900EX N146EX

FedEx's McDonnell Douglas MD-11F N572FE arrives from Honolulu 

My first photos of Air New Zealand's Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZK

and repainted Airbus 320 ZK-OJO

Qantas Airbus 330 VH-EBP

Another Fly My Sky Variation

Another Fly My Sky scheme to look out for... Painted over the weekend, BN Islander ZK-SFK is now wearing a red nose for Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day is Cure Kids’ biggest annual appeal, aiming to raise $1 million for child health research. This year, Red Nose Day is taking place during the month of September, with Red Nose Day itself on September 29th.

Thanks to Grant from Fly My Sky for sending the pics and well done Fly My Sky for supporting the cause.

For bookings on Fly My Sky see http://www.flymysky.co.nz/

For my profile on Fly My Sky see http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/11/fly-my-sky.html

Auckland domestic ops

There was nothing too exciting on domestic ops to record at Auckland on Sunday 3 September 2017

Air Chathams' Convair 580 freighter ZK-KFL was parked up...
Does anyone know if Air Chathams has actually used this on freight ops? 

My first photo of Mount Cook Airlines' ATR 72-500 ZK-MCC in the new scheme... The 500 series will be written out of the script.

The quiet season for the Great Barrier operators.
Fly My Sky did a couple of trips in BN Islander ZK-PIZ 

Barrier Air did one in Cessna 208 Grand Caravan ZK-SDB

A couple of Jetstar aircraft I didn't have...
Bombardier Q300 VH-TQK

and Airbus 320 VH-VFX

Ardmore Movements

After staking out Auckland International yesterday (3 September 2017) I also had 45 minutes at Ardmore late yesterday afternoon...

The Auckland Aero Club's Cessna 162 Skycatcher returning home

My first photo of Druine D31 Turbulent ZK-CFY which was rcoketing around the circuit

On take off Cessna 182 ZK-DJN

and the Auckland Aero Club's Cessna 172 ZK-JRG

Cessna 180 ZK-KRM called in for a few minutes

Cessna Citation C510 Mustang N890LG was returning from Hokitika

And after staking out Auckland International to get Fly My Sky's BN Islander ZK-PIY in its news scheme I cuaght it at Ardmore

The Coastguard's Cessna 182 ZK-SAR arriving back

A disappointing shot of Robin R2160 ZK-SPN

A couple of Ardmore Flying School stablemates, Cessna 172 ZK-TAG and ZK-XAT 

 

A look at the Trans Alpine Flights

Every day Air New Zealand flies two Bombardier flights from Christchurch over the Alps to Hokitika. The national carrier has been operating the trans alpine service since late 1968 but the first Trans Alpine service began 5 years before when Phoenix Airways commenced a Greymouth-Christchurch service in September 1963. 

I have just updated the post on Phoenix Airways...
It can be found here...
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/first-trans-alpine-air-service-phoenix.html

Since then a number of operators have come and gone operating direct Trans-Alpine flights from Hokitika, Greymouth and Westport. Links to these operations can be found by following the links below;


From Hokitika :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/nacs-trans-alpine-and-round-rocks.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/air-new-zealands-hokitika-service.html 

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/hokitikas-westland-flying-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/air-nelsons-hokitika-service.html

Eagle Air
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/to-hokitika-by-eagle-air.html

From Greymouth :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-trans-alpine-air-service-phoenix.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/westland-air-and-its-air-taxi-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/05/greymouths-capital-service.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/hokitikas-westland-flying-services.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/westlands-commuter-airline-coast-air.html

From Westport :

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2011/05/air-west-coast-flying-on-wing-prayer.html

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/04/coastair-tried-to-find-niche.html

EAGLE AIR

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/the-national-carrier-at-westport-part-4.html

Last August photo

Volcanic Air's Cessna 206 ZK-FEO on a moody Lake Rotorua on 31 August 2017

Sunny Whangarei

Thanks to Josh for sending in these pics of Air Nelson's Bombardier Q300 ZK-NFB and Starship Air Ambulance, Beechcraft Super King Air ZK-SSH at Whangarei on 29 August 2017.

What a stunning day.