Goodbye ZK-OJA (for now)

[Splitpin]

Air New Zealand's first A-320 departed NZCH yesterday for somewhere in Australia to be painted in generic white while waiting for a new owner.
She may return to go into storage here, but this is the last time you will see her in these colors.

Oscar Juliet Alpha started life with ANZ back in 2003 , and her first job was NZ103/104 ...AKL/SYD/AKL, normally done by a widebody ....anyway, her time has come, and she departed as NZ6001.

A couple of her sisters have already left the fleet, but I think these pics are special as she was the first to arrive here.










Dont look back





May not mean much to many, but I thought it was worth a mention.

Thanks Chris for the photos and history

[deeknow]

great stuff, thanks for sharing mate

[Splitpin]

great stuff, thanks for sharing mate

No problem dude ...all I do is put this stuff online, its the lads that have all the intel and make a point of being onsite when possible.

[Q400]

ZK-OJA is about 39 min out of Christcurch at this time. Ex Townsville with a new paint job?

[Bluebird]

Hi

i think it is sitting outside Hanger 1 in all white color. There is a 2nd one inside the hanger on the right just black and white.

cheers
Todd

[Splitpin]

It is indeed mate, she flew home to NZCH after being painted in Australia.