Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
Remember it well, NZ14 and NZ15... it used to originate AKL on some days... AKL-SYD-LAX... Boeing 747-412s and 747-475s. It was planned to hand it over to Ansett as part of the merger but of course, that never happened.
the 747-400 fleet was several new build -419's with RR power
plus a trio built (but NTU) for Varig Canadian and PAL 747-400's with CF-6's
and a couple of ANZ new build -419's with CF-6
the original RR 747-219 quintet went en masse to Virgin Atlantic