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Alwyn Gordon Vette ONZM (9 July 1933 – 9 August 2015) was a New Zealand airline captain best known for his involvement in the Cessna 188 Pacific rescue and his research into the cause of the Air New Zealand Flight TE901 crash. He spent five years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and 55 years as a commercial pilot. [1]
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Tasman Empire Airways Limited (1940–1965), better known by its acronym TEAL, is the former name of Air New Zealand. [1] [2]TEAL was formed by the Intergovernmental Agreement for Tasman Sea Air Services (also known as the Tasman Sea Agreement), which is a treaty signed by the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand in London on 10 April 1940. [3]
Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
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Air New Zealand currently operates a mixed fleet consisting of the Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo family, Boeing 777, and Boeing 787 jet aircraft, as well as a regional fleet consisting of ATR 72 and Bombardier Q300 turboprop aircraft. Air New Zealand was awarded Airline of the Year in 2010 [14] and 2012 [15] by the Air Transport World Global ...
This is a list of destinations served by Air New Zealand, the flagship air carrier of New Zealand. The airline serves 28 [ 1 ] international passenger destinations in 18 countries and territories. Along with 20 domestic destinations are served.
Air New Zealand has begun another expansion of its international services with flights to Singapore resuming and the opening up of Houston and Buenos Aires. Flights to Houston and Buenos Aires began in December 2015. Air New Zealand ended all Beech 1900D 19 seat flights in 2014/15 and ended air services to Kaitaia, Whakatane and Whanganui.