Oceania Aviation Insider

The first electric Air New Zealand aircraft, a small BETA ALIA CX300 has taken off on it’s first round off test flights from Tauranga and Hamilton.

To support communities after severe weather, the NZDF worked NEMA EMAT and Civil Defence to provide an emergency response to Southland regions.

On Saturday morning, a sailing yacht made a distress call 1000nm east of the Chatham Islands. In response, the RNZAF, RAAF & cargo ships searched for the missing vessel.

This week a RAAF C-17 Globemaster visited New Zealand, stopping in RNZAF Base Woodbourne and Base Auckland.

Jetstar has unveiled their single-biggest expansion ever of its New Zealand and trans-Tasman network with the launch of two new routes and additional capacity on five existing routes – creating a total of more than 660,000 new seats a year.

Virgin Australia has officially taken delivery of its first Embraer E190-E2, VH-E2A named “Coral Bay”.

For five weeks later this year, HALO will operate out of Christchurch, New Zealand, carrying out measurement flights over the oceans of the southern hemisphere.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has confirmed which aircraft will replace its aging fleets of Boeing 757 aircraft and SH2G Seasprite helicopters.