According to its 2019 announcement, the eight jets were originally set to enter the Air New Zealand fleet between 20, but naturally, deliveries were delayed due to the pandemic. The decision to order these eight aircraft was made in May 2019 and was originally eight GE-powered 787-10s worth $2.7 billion at list prices. The first revenue-generating service for this configuration is planned for October 28th, according to the latest Cirium data.Īccording to data from, Air New Zealand is expecting two more Boeing 787-9s as well as six of the stretched 787-10s. Some of these new A321neo aircraft will be configured in a new but more dense 'domestic configuration.' As we reported in a previous article, these have 217 seats, against 214 for international operations. With the airline growing its narrowbody fleet, we will be seeing more neos arrive as data indicates that, at the time of writing this article, the airline is expecting to have another seven Airbus A321neos. While the airline has 18 A320-200s which are collectively nearing around nine years of age, its neo jets (both A320 and A321) are between one and four years old. This may range from higher-capacity domestic flights between cities across New Zealand, or the jets could be deployed to increase the frequency of service across the Tasman Strait to Australia's East Coast. Naturally, Air New Zealand uses its A320 and A321 aircraft for services across the greater region. When it comes to higher-capacity operations, or flights to more-distant intercontinental destinations, the airline's Boeing widebodies are fully capable of these long-distance missions. Indeed, the ATR and DHC turboprops are well-suited to island-hopping, while its A320 family of aircraft handle a variety of services across the Tasman Sea to Australia.

Still, this relative simplicity hasn't limited the airline's operations too much.

Indeed, grouping 787 and A320 variants together, the airline really only has five different types to operate. While the collection of aircraft operated by Air New Zealand isn't quite as simple as, say, Virgin Atlantic, it's also not quite as diverse and complex as an airline like Korean Air. The aircraft types and quantities are as follows: At a glance, data from indicates that Air New Zealand has a fleet of 104 aircraft - at least at the time of this article's publication.

Air new zealand livery x plane 11 777