July 20-26

Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand retired Boeing 737-3U3 ZK-FRE after it operated NZ557 AKL-CHC on Sunday 26-July-2009. It had been meant to retire on Saturday 25-July-2009 but remained in service an extra day to cover ZK-NGD returning late from a C check.

FRE will undergo end of lease maintenance with ANZES in CHC before being repainted in the colours of its new operator Webjet, of Brazil. FRE is expected to depart CHC in 6-8 weeks bound for its new Brazillian home.

Airbus A320 ZK-OJH operated WLG-CHC as NZ6501 for repairs on Thursday 23-July-2009 after being hit by a baggage tug while loading.

This weeks additional capacity NZ131/132 AKL-BNE-AKL on Friday 24-July-2009 was operated by Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCL.


Qantas Jetconnect
Operational Spare Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNC continued to work full time covering maintenance operating the following flights
21-July-2009 AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL
22-July-2009 AKL-WLG-SYD-WLG
23-July-2009 WLG-SYD-WLG-MEL
24-July-2009 MEL-WLG-SYD-WLG
25-July-2009 WLG-SYD-WLG-MEL-AKL
26-July-2009 AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL

As noted above JNC positioned AKL-WLG on Wednesday 22-July-2009 while ZK-JNN operating AKL-MEL-WLG returned to AKL instead.
QF133 MEL-AKL was cancelled on Thursday 23-July-2009 as was the return AKL-MEL QF132 on Friday 24-July-2009.

Saturday 25-July-2009 saw Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTS operating QF116 AKL-BNE return to AKL with the loss of cabin pressure. Passengers were transferred to ZK-JND which operated a delayed QF116/115 service.

Jetstar
Thursday 23-July-2009 saw VH-VQF swap with VH-VQE with VQF returning to AKL tasman routes while VQE entered domestic service for the first time.

Thursday also saw another first with the first JQ A320 to land at Hamilton. VH-VQC diverted to HLZ due to fog in AKL, after refueling it continued onto AKL.

Saturday 25-July-2009 saw a tasman aircraft swap with VH-VQU swap with VH-VQS in BNE on the CHC-BNE-CHC route. This is believed to be an unscheduled swap due maintenance issues as the return JQ183 flight was delayed by 6 hours.

Pacific Blue
The only notable Pacific Blue movement was the swap from VH-VOQ to VH-VUN on the DJ68/69 WLG route on Sunday 26-July-2009. VOQ arrived into BNE as DJ69 before continuing onto DPS while VUN entered the BNE-POM-BNE route before continuing onto WLG as DJ68.

July 12-19 Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand
Monday 13-July-2009
Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCJ arrived back from maintenance in HKG today sporting the new Aviation Partners Boeing blended winglets and zonal dryers. Pics can be found on Mike's blog HERE, or the Wings over NZ forum HERE - thanks to Colin Hunter for taking the photos.

Thursday 16-July-2009
Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBV operated a charter today as NZ1981 for the flight center global ball. It operated AKL-BNE-HKG-BCN(Barcelona, Spain)

Friday 17-July-2009
NZ131/132 the capacity increased friday morning AKL-BNE-AKL flight was today operated by ZK-NCL

Saturday 18-July-2009
A320-232 ZK-OJG operating NZ841 RAR-CHC saw an early morning divert to WLG due fog in CHC, before continuing to CHC later on Saturday after the fog had cleared.

July 12-19 Qantas Jetconnect & Mainline

Qantas Jetconnect & Mainline
A busy period for QF as well.

Sunday 12-July-2009
Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ operate QF38 WLG-MEL before entering maintenance in MEL. As a result Boeing 737-376 ZK-JND operated AKL-MEL-AKL as QF6131 to fly the passengers on QF133 MEL-AKL to AKL.
Operational Spare Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNC was in service today operating AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL

Monday 13-July-2009
ZK-JNC again operated the AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL route covering maintenance
ZK-JND operated QF132 AKL-MEL then went unserviceable, causing the cancellation of QF37/38/133 MEL-WLG-MEL-AKL

Tuesday 14-July-2009
ZK-JNC continued on the AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL route covering maintenance
ZK-JND positioned from MEL to WLG as QF6002 before operating QF38/133 WLG-MEL-AKL
Boeing 767-338 VH-OGC operated MEL-WLG as QF37D before positioning back to SYD as QF6018

Wednesday 15-July-2009
ZK-JNC continued on the AKL-BNE-AKL-BNE-AKL route covering maintenance
ZK-JND operated QF48 WLG-SYD then QF117 SYD-WLG was forced to divert to AKL due to ETOPS issues, before JND underwent 3 days of maintenance.
Boeing 767-338 VH-OGC operated SYD-AKL-SYD today as QF6030/6031 covering for Lan Chille

Thursday 16-July-2009
ZK-JNC today operated AKL-MEL-WLG-SYD-WLG covering maintenance
Boeing 737-476 VH-TJE operated SYD-AKL-SYD QF43/44 today covering maintenance.
Boeing 767-338 VH-OGV operated BNE-AKL-BNE as QF6030/6031 today covering for Emrates

Friday 17-July-2009
ZK-JNC operated WLG-SYD-WLG-MEL-AKL covering maintenance
Boeing 737-838 VH-VXJ operated QF141/114/113/134 SYD-AKL-SYD-AKL-MEL today covering maintenance.

Saturday 18-July-2009
ZK-JNC operated the morning AKL-BNE-AKL only today.
ZK-JND re-entered service today on the afternoon AKL-BNE-AKL
Boeing 737-838 VH-VYE operated QF25/26 MEL-AKL-MEL today.
ZK-JTQ re-entered service as QF131 MEL-AKL this evening
Boeing 767-338 VH-OGT operating QF45 SYD-CHC diverted to WLG this morning due to Fog in CHC, it continued to CHC after the Fog cleared.