Oceania Aviation Insider

This morning, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) confirmed the purchase of two Airbus A321 NEO LRs to replace its aging fleet of two Boeing 757s.

This afternoon, at around 5:15 PM a light aerobatic plane that was displaying in the Australian International Airshow crashed into the ground. Leaving the pilot in a critical but stable condition.

Air New Zealand and Air India are looking to introduce direct flights between India and New Zealand by the end of 2028. The two airlines also began a codeshare partnership allowing passengers to fly between the two airlines with ease.

At the end of March 2025, the southern hemispheres largest airshow, Avalon, Australian Intl. Airshow will race into action with more aircraft on show and more spectators than any previous Avalon airshow.

DC-3, registered as ZK-DAK has now been sold across the ditch to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft will soon head to join ZK-AWP, which has also been sold recently.

From the 11th till the 14th of April, you might will be able to get up close and personal with the Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s recently delivered C-130H before it enters storage.

Today, Vietjet announced that from September 2025, they will commence non-stop flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Auckland. The route will be operated using Vietjets fleet of 7 A330-300s.

In late March this year, the biennial airshow, Avalon International Airshow will return to the skies above Avalon, near Melbourne. The airshow last took to the skies in 2023 after a series of cancellations due to the COVID pandemic.

Last night, an Air New Zealand charter flight took off from Auckland heading to Las Vegas carrying Warriors fans. The special flight for NRL fans sold out in just 17 minutes after tickets were put up for sale.