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Air New Zealand International Fleet

Also covered is Air New Zealand's international predecessor, TEAL.

The B737's are mainly used domestically.

The B767's have also been used domestically on occasions.

See also Teal Memorabilia Page

Model Year introduced Thumbnails Max Fleet Size Year last used
Short S30 Empire 1940 empire_s30.jpg (9498 bytes) 2 1947
Short S25 Sandringham 1946 new zealand.jpg (18800 bytes) 4 1949
Short S45 Solent 1949 solent.jpg (5540 bytes) 5 1960
Short Sunderland III (leased from NAC) 1949 1
Douglas DC6 1954 dc6.jpg (19488 bytes) 3 1962
(to RNZAF)
nz3633.jpg (8689 bytes)
ZK-BGC (in later RNZAF garb)
Lockheed L188 Electra 1959 electra.jpg (8571 bytes) 3 1972
MD DC8-52 1965 dc8.jpg (18276 bytes) 3 1989 (latterly as freighter)
dc8_transition.jpg (8972 bytes)
Early livery - still with TEAL on tail
Boeing 737-200 1968 (with NAC) 737-200.jpg (9618 bytes) 9 (with NAC) 2001
MD DC10-30 1978 AirNewZealanDC-10.jpg (16024 bytes) 8 1982
Boeing 747-200 1981 747-200.jpg (10321 bytes) 5 2001
Boeing 767-200 1985 B767-200.jpg (21981 bytes) ? -
Boeing 747-400 1990 747.jpg (49446 bytes) 8 -
Boeing 767-300 1991 767-300.jpg (31985 bytes) 9 -
Boeing 737-300 1998 737-300.jpg (38125 bytes) 6 -
Airbus A320 2003 airbus_a320_206.jpg (11516 bytes) 15
 -
Boeing 777-200ER 2005 777.jpg (30546 bytes) 8
+ options
Boeing 777-300 2013 4
Will replace the 747s
Boeing 787 Coming  787.jpg (32943 bytes) 8
(planned)
+ 8 options
Much delayed		  

TEAL Flying Boats

S30 Empire ZK-AMC Awarua awarua.jpg (19912 bytes)    
ZK-AMA Aotearoa aotearoa.jpg (22228 bytes)    
S25 Sandringham ZK-AMB Tasman tasman.jpg (21405 bytes)    
ZK-AMD Australia australia.jpg (23721 bytes)    
ZK-AME New Zealand new zealand.jpg (18800 bytes)    
ZK-AMH Auckland

 

 ZK-AMH.jpg (35296 bytes)
(In later guise as VH-BRC
Now in the Southampton Hall of Aviation)		  
S45 Solent, Mk IV ZK-AML Aotearoa II aml.jpg (24149 bytes) aotearoa II(2).jpg (19782 bytes)  
ZK-AMM Ararangi solent.jpg (19507 bytes) ararangi 2.jpg (191226 bytes)
ZK-AMN Awatere awatere.jpg (23181 bytes) yy867a.jpg (27543 bytes)
ZK-AMO Aranui
(Now preserved at MOTAT Auckland)		 aranui amo.jpg (19769 bytes) aranui 2.jpg (17811 bytes) aranui 3.jpg (107268 bytes)
S45 Solent, Mk III ZK-AMQ Aparima
Solent III, second hand - not suitable for some routes and laid up for much of its time with TEAL		      
Short Sunderland III (S25) ZK-AMG Mataatua
Leased from NAC in 1948 to cover trans-Tasman services while Sandringham operations were suspended.		      
Consolidated Catalina
(used for crew training)		 ZK-AMI ex RNZAF NZ4035 ami catalina.jpg (26107 bytes)    
ZK-AMP ex RNZAF NZ4038 zk-amp.jpg (18290 bytes)    

DC6

  ZK-BDC Arahira    
ZK-BGB Arawhata    
ZK-BGA Aotearoa      

 

L188 Electra

Atarau ZK-TEB atarau.jpg (19280 bytes)
Aotearoa ZK-TEA aotearoa electra.jpg (19696 bytes)
1fb9_1.jpg (13784 bytes)
  25dd_1.jpg (21177 bytes)

DC8

ZK-NZC dc8 zknzc.jpg (20274 bytes)

Links

TEAL site

Air NZ DC8 site