The Blue plane at Air NZ engineering

[haughtney1]

Hey all............

On being driven to catch my flight back to the UK on thursday (its pissin down and about 5C here in London)..I noticed a big blue (767) in the Air NZ hangar in AKL. Can anyone confirm if this was a Thomsonfly 767? (this is the time of year that UK airlines tend to do heavy maintenance...but it seems a long way to go for a D or G check)

Cheers:ok:

[Cloud Cutter]

Sounds about right mate. A company email did go round last week about an engineering contract that had been secured with them.

Go and have a few guiness, that'll warm you up.

[haughtney1]

Guiness..ewwwww yuk:8

I thought my eyes were deceiving me at first...but then Thomsonfly do a charter flight or two to SYD every now and then..so mayby its not such a long way :ok:

[belowMDA]

None of the above mate, twas/is a Garuda Indonesia 767.

[haughtney1]

Which I think is Wet leased from Thomsonfly.......explains the locality and the colour scheme

[7378FE]

http://www.jetspotter.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5275

It is indeed a Thomsomfly 767, NZ is a cheap place to get your airplanes fixed or updated :hmm:

7378FE

[alangirvan]

Thomsonfly sends aircraft to New Zealand for maintenance

10 November 2006
UK airline Thomsonfly has awarded a US$3 million contract to Air New Zealand's engineering services division, ANZES, for the installation of a new in-flight entertainment system and heavy maintenance checks on nine B767-300 aircraft.

"We are delighted with the outcome of what has been a demanding selection process," says Thomsonfly Managing Director Colin Mitchell.

"We needed to be comfortable that our maintenance provider had the technical and organisational skills to complete the programme to the high standards we expect in the timeframe required. We found that provider in ANZES."

The work will be carried out in ANZES' Auckland facility from November 2006 to May 2007 in preparation for Thomsonfly's summer schedule. The first Thomsonfly Boeing 767 arrives at the Auckland base tomorrow (Saturday). The programme covers seven heavy maintenance checks and installation of the latest Panasonic eFX Audio Visual on Demand (AVOD) in-flight entertainment system on five aircraft.

Air New Zealand's general manager of technical operations, Chris Nassenstein, welcomed the contract.

"ANZES has a strong reputation of engineering excellence within our region but we take pride in the fact that Thomsonfly awarded us this contract against global competition."

"We look forward to developing our relationship with Thomsonfly well into the future."

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[baps]

It is indeed a Thomsonfly aircraft but in Garuda titles as it is off to do the Hajj for 3 months once complete.

[pakeha-boy]

,.....and if you have ever been in an Aircraft after it has been in service after a 3-month hajj......it,s a sight and a smell you will never forget:{ ..........good job security for the cleaning crowd..........have to wonder whether it,s this aircrafts last days of service:} .......PB

[sir.pratt]

Air New Zealand's general manager of technical operations, Chris Nassenstein, welcomed the contract.
"ANZES has a strong reputation of engineering excellence within our region but we take pride in the fact that Thomsonfly awarded us this contract against global competition."
"We look forward to developing our relationship with Thomsonfly well into the future."
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in other words:

"thank god someone sent us their work, as our own is going offshore, and what were we going to with all these engineers? although now we might need some of the ones we laid off, back.....anyone interested in coming back on the new award? sorry about all those grandfather clauses that you lost"