ZK-OXA delivered

Air New Zealand have taken delivery of ZK-OXA their first Airbus A320 with sharklets.  After a quick stop off at the Paris Air Show the A320 is now winging its way to New Zealand, with an ETA into Auckland of around 3pm (NZST) on Friday afternoon 21-June-2013

Here are some photos and video from the Airbus delivery ceremony (from Airbus)

And some images of ZK-OXA at the Paris Air Show

pic from newstalkzb.co.nz

pic from worldairlinenews.com

pic from australianaviation.com.au

pic from washingtonpost.com

Video of ZK-OXA at the Paris Air Show can be seen HERE thanks to 3news.co.nz

New look NZ

Air New Zealand have taken to Facebook to release their new look livery with two separate photo's showing a new black livery and a new white livery.

The new look will begin to roll out on aircraft later this year, time will tell what these look like on the aircraft, if you have any thoughts or comments then leave them in the comments

Black Livery © Air New Zealand

White Livery © Air New Zealand

JQ 787 just 5 months from service

Jetstar have sparked a flurry of excitement from local spotters in Cairns, Gold Coast, Perth, Melbourne & Sydney by announcing their new fleet of 787 aircraft will debut on domestic services in November before heading into international operations in December.

Qantas’ low-cost offshoot, which takes delivery of Australia’s first 787 in late September, says that popular domestic routes from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to the Gold Coast and Cairns “are currently being considered”.

Interestingly enough with the exception of Perth these are the destinations that JQ fly their international A330 services from, and the ports that will see the 787's when they transition over to the international routes.

Read more on the Jetstar route announcement from David Flynn at ausbt.com.au HERE

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Jetstar have also announced the seating layout of their new birds with 21 business class seats in a 2-3-2 layout, while 314 economy seats will be laid out 3-3-3 giving an all up load of 335 passengers.

The seat pitch will be comparable to Jetstar’s current A330 fleet – around 38 inches in business class and 31 inches in economy –  says  Jetstar’s 787 director Mark Dal Pra.

Read more on the seating plans including inseat USB power, and gate-to-gate IFE at ausbt.com.au HERE