Civil aviation profile prints. Available prints options: Design / Dark Theme / Plain background; Size Panorama (914×305 mm / 36"×12"); Size Standard (610×305 mm / 24"×12").
Boeing 777-300ER Air New Zealand
Registration: ZK-OKQ Type: 777-319ER Engines: 2 × GE GE90-115B Serial Number: 40689 First flight: Dec 30, 2011
Air New Zealand Limited is the flag carrier airline of New Zealand and based in Auckland. The airline's main hub is Auckland Airport, located near Māngere in the southern part of the Auckland urban area. Its headquartered in a building called "The Hub" in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter. The airline originated in 1940 as Tasman Empire Airways Limited. In 1965, whereupon it was renamed Air New Zealand. The airline served only international routes until 1978, when the government merged it and the domestic New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) into a single airline under the Air New Zealand name. Air New Zealand's route network focuses on Australasia and the South Pacific, with long-haul flight services to eastern Asia and North America. The airline has been a member of the Star Alliance since 1999.