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Posted by sofia
on 10/19/2009, 9:08 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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