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Posted by MAZA on 4/29/2009, 9:32 am, in reply to "RE: ZK-NBT KIWI 744 SOLD"
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: Hello every one just to update some news for
: all people who visit this site. PAL have
: sent to new 777 freighter aircraft to Majove
: storage facility today. Boeing has ferried
: them across there. FedEx have interest in
: them as they are grounding there DC10 fleet
: to the desert and the 777's are more
: economical for the cargo company.
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: Qantas Airways (Australia)
: Boeing comfirmed yesterday that four A380
: super jumbo's have being Defered along with
: orders from Boeing for a further 12 737-800
: and the 787 Dreamliner jets have being
: canceled. Qantas announced yesterday that
: 1700 jobs will be lost as a result of
: negitave profit and the future forecast
: looks grim for the Kangaroo airline with
: more lay off's exspected. Qantas has decided
: to bring back out of storage three older 744
: aircraft which were due to be ferried to the
: Desert will now be re deployed for service
: due to cut backs in aircraft. Mind you they
: are running there jets at risk on a very
: fine line.
: I will keep you up to date with further
: developments as they come to hand.
: ZK-NBT-744 ZK=NBS another 744 from AIR NEW
: ZEALAND will be retired from the fleet some
: time this year. Thank you
:
: Regards
: Willie Singh for Fleetwing former paa pilot
: PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
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:Hi Willie and other Pan Am former employess
: and many people who visit this site. I work
: for AIR NZ and will be retiring from the
: airline next week after forty years service
: with the airline. I have being there since
: the days of the DC-8-52 the change of name
: from TEAL (TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS) which was
: renamed Air New Zealand and our wonderful
: DC10-30 jets back in that era. I can tell
: you that two of the older 747-419's Have
: being sold off before there retirement date
: this year to Virgin Atlantic and ZK-NBV
: ZK-NBW two more 747-419's exspected to
: retire in late 2010. I have seen the up's
: and downs of AIR NZ and watch sadly the fall
: of such a exprenced airline PAN AM
: disappear. Now our friend's from over the
: sea in Australia are shaking as well. Soon
: Qantas NZ will have alot of there flights
: cancelled or might dissapear like as ANSETT
: NZ which was owned by ANSETT AUSTRALIA. But
: my best memorie was back in 1979 of two
: aircraft side by side at AKL airport on the
: morning of 22nd November 1979 our DC10-30
: ZK-NZP which crash five days later in the
: ANTARTICA killing all 257 passengers and a
: loss of a wide bodied jet. The other
: aircraft was PAN AM'S 747-121 Clipper Maid
: Of The Sea's N739PA nosed up at the gate 4
: and ZK-NZP at gate 2. those two jets
: perished and not to be seen again. I will
: always remeber this great experinced airline
: PAN AM and seeing for the first time the
: largest passenger aircraft in the world land
: here at AKL airport. Fantastic.I wish
: everyone well from the former PAA staff in
: NZ and my friends from AIR NZ and Qantas the
: very best in the future. Lets hope these
: future carriers don't dissapear. Thank you
:
: Noel Newland former AIR NZ employee
: 1965-2009
: F/A---F/O engineer Auckland airport
: home of AIR NEW ZEALAND
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:Hi Noel & Willie yes AIR NEW ZEALAND is a great
:airline by far not jut with award winning service for many years but exellent in maintance of loooking after there aircraft fleet rom the good old days of the DC8'S DC10'S they had spectacular well looked after jets but ow long gone at Majove or Marina Pinal park from operators who brought them ears ago. Even today here 744's a in highly maintance orders and flying the globe. I do know fr a fact the Sir Richard Branson is buying them as they retire from the ANZ fleet. Like e did with the 747-219 jet now in the hands of Transaero in the uk. I can recal those days at LAX seeing the green and blue birds sparkling in the sun in there old colours. ANZ should have invested in the MD11'S as cargo jets with the original green blue decals from the former DC10'S they had. But i suppose they wanted to look down the future track for mre economical jets. I do here they intend to sell off and retire the 763 fleet and replace them with 777's & 787 219 jets? Take care my frien ----MAZA MIA EX PAA F/A
Regards
MAZA former PAN AM F/A based MIA/LAX/SYD
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