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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Thai-Kiwi
What is your source for this? A doubling of (long-haul 787) flights seems highly unlikely…
Air NZ's schedule. August 29th there are 3 787-9s flying longhaul. PVG, YVR, SFO

I did say flights had doubled. There's a mix of longhaul and shorthaul flights. But either way there's a progressive increase in number of 787-9 flights on the schedule currently despite only having 2 aircraft back and it's been like that since the schedule update last month. Can only conclude the new refits are already on the schedule.

Edit: tired, didn't read properly but I've collated the schedule and there are definitely more aircraft and flights on the schedule. But you would expect those changes anyway as per the guideline for returned refits so it's not a surprise to see at least double the 787-9 flights in December when they're expecting 7 completed by the end of the year.

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