Hi there!
It was quite nice to see an aircraft painted in the colours of an airline based so far away. Last time something like that happened was in 1998 when a Qantas 747 made a flight to our Island.
This Dash 8 made some flights in the Azores but it only landed at Ponta Delgada (Sćo Miguel Island) and at Corvo Island which has a 800meters runway. This means it had to fly to Corvo and then back to Ponta Delgada without refueling (corvo has no refuelng available). Being it a 1h20m flight each way, I'm assuming they had some wight limitation on departure at Corvo.
Anyway, you can see some photos of it in the following link:
http://www.azoresspotters.net/fotos/...&search=C-FFOZ
BTW, from Ponta Delgada to Wellington distance is over 18200km. Quite a long way for a small dash
Best regards,
Joćo Resendes - Azores Spotters