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Old Jan 6, 2017 | 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by BZNZ
I could see the ATR 72 fitting the gap pretty well to be honest. Allows NZ to maintain frequency and loadings. Maybe it's a marketing thing that they want a consistent short haul international service...
They would need pretty costly upgrades of the ATR's for a start to do this including rafts and HF gear. If you do that to one plane you're going to need to do it to a few.
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