I know Air New Zealand are receiving their 787's this year and that they will replace the 767's but when will all of the 767's be retired I am looking at flights next april fro

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henrus

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I know Air New Zealand are receiving their 787's this year and that they will replace the 767's but when will all of the 767's be retired

I am looking at flights next april from AKL to RAR Cook Islands on NZ and the flight it operated by a 767

Is there a chance that this could change to a 787?

watson374

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Expect the 767 for now.

am

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It's extremely unlikely that the 787s will be used on the shorter 767 routes like this. I'd expect an A320 in the long term.

watson374

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It's worth noting that at least once a week the RAR flight goes on to LAX.

am

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Ah, didn't realise that. In that case it would make sense for the flights that continue to LAX to get the 787, but probably not by April.

watson374

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Possibly. It'll probably still be a 767-300ER till the very end, though - it's literally a weekly flight, RAR-LAX. I've never seen it more than twice-weekly in recent schedules.

If it got a 787-9, though, it would be interesting. It'd probably be the nicest way into RAR for sure!

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