Today I arrived on NZ103 from Auckland into Sydney. While waiting for an onward connection to Singapore, I spotted ‘Chip’ the Air New Zealand robotic assistant. Chip was very busy greeting and assisting passengers boarding the return flight to back to Auckland. While it is very clever what you can achieve with robots these days, the dialogue was ”cute”…
This is a crazy idea that just might work – The plan is to find up to 5 old Air New Zealand airframes – secure them and then transport them back to New Zealand for restoration and then permanent display. Follow this link to the Bring our Birds Home – Facebook Page for heaps of…
With India projected to become the world’s third largest aviation market by 2020 and the recent signing of an Air Services Agreement between our two governments, my prediction is that one day you will be able to get on a flight in Auckland and 12,300km (approx 16 hours later) arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International…
The alarm went at 4am this morning. Wide awake, I leaped out of bed, greeting the new day with anticipation. After a quick shower, I was soon dressed and looking sharp and ready to head off to the airport as I am going to Wellington for a couple of days with work…… Just another day at the office! Well that’s what…
I have just returned from a round the world European business trip. It’s not the first time I have done this particular trip, but it has been a while. Being the the tech savvy road warrior that I have now become… rather than write a long trip report, I thought I would share the experience through the images I collected along the…
What a fantastic day in Wellington today – no wind, 20 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Its wonderful for a flying visit to the capital for the day!
Back to Wellington today on NZ 334 what looks like a nearly brand new Air New Zealand A320 ZK-OKI According to The NZ Source Air NZ took delivery of ZK-OKI from Toulouse on 11 April 2015 Then Air New Zealand A320SL commenced its delivery flight routing Toulouse – Muscat – Kuala Lumpur – Cairns – Christchurch as NZ6097 over 3…
One of the great advantages of getting to the airport in plenty of time is to be able to watch flight movements from the Christchurch Airport Koru lounge. It has one of the best runway and domestic apron views of any airport in the region. A tool that makes this even more enjoyable is an online…
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