How long is Hi Fly going to be around?
Mar 10, 2018, 11:51 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2016
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It may have been 789 related as they have been juggling 777 as well. A 772 did the 6th with another scheduled on the 13 for the NZ8 the rest 773 recently
Mar 13, 2018, 9:28 pm
#18
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I have NZ102 booked in the second week of April and I called Air NZ this morning to check on the status. They said the HiFly A343 is scheduled to the 30th of March. Then I found the website saying the same thing. I've also noticed on flightradar24.com's fleet listing that all 11 789's are back in the air, so it's unclear why they're still running the HiFly wet lease. It would appear that all the triple-7's are fully in service, with the exception of ZK-OKB, which appears to be parked at SIN for the past 10 days. So I'm guessing that this is a normal rotation among the heavy aircraft and they should be able by now to resume their regular aircraft utilisation. Here's hoping that the fleet is fully back to normal by the time I fly, as I've been actively avoiding that horrible HiFly service.
Mar 13, 2018, 9:38 pm
#19
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Are they back? NZE hasn't flown since 4 Dec and NZH hasn't flown since 6 Dec. Have only seen NZD flying out of the three grounded ones.
How were you checking Flight Radar? On the ground ages plane off after X days and the 789 grounding is longer than X days. You need to look the 789s by their rego to see that they are still on the ground
How were you checking Flight Radar? On the ground ages plane off after X days and the 789 grounding is longer than X days. You need to look the 789s by their rego to see that they are still on the ground
Mar 14, 2018, 3:06 pm
#21
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Are they back? NZE hasn't flown since 4 Dec and NZH hasn't flown since 6 Dec. Have only seen NZD flying out of the three grounded ones.
How were you checking Flight Radar? On the ground ages plane off after X days and the 789 grounding is longer than X days. You need to look the 789s by their rego to see that they are still on the ground
How were you checking Flight Radar? On the ground ages plane off after X days and the 789 grounding is longer than X days. You need to look the 789s by their rego to see that they are still on the ground
Mar 23, 2018, 2:41 am
#22
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NZH back in action
Looks like NZH flew a shakedown flight today and does AKL-MEL-AKL om Sunday. That’s a good sign and only leaves NZE on the ground.
Last edited by Boofer; Mar 23, 2018 at 2:41 am Reason: Typo
Mar 25, 2018, 8:05 pm
#24
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Does anybody know whether was any significance to NZE being the aircraft that got scavenged for engines and is now the last one remaining on the ground?
Mar 27, 2018, 12:15 am
#26
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a photo from a friend. not sure where he got it from
I heard the Perth HiFly aircraft is leaving NZ tonight Tuesday
I heard the Perth HiFly aircraft is leaving NZ tonight Tuesday
Last edited by jdavido; Mar 27, 2018 at 12:23 am Reason: typo
Mar 27, 2018, 3:29 pm
#28
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Great news!
After my fourth consecutive hi fly flight in J I’m very over the poor food and VOD! The only good thing is that I can fully recline immediately and sleep the whole thing away. The crew are also very noisy in the adjacent galley.
On that note, has anyone ever converted J seat to bed on TT? No mattress so probably not that comfortable.
After my fourth consecutive hi fly flight in J I’m very over the poor food and VOD! The only good thing is that I can fully recline immediately and sleep the whole thing away. The crew are also very noisy in the adjacent galley.
On that note, has anyone ever converted J seat to bed on TT? No mattress so probably not that comfortable.
Mar 27, 2018, 4:09 pm
#29
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 184
I have on a 777 once or twice, albeit I must confess that has been after a fairly large night with little sleep and an early morning flight, so in all likelihood I would've slept on concrete quite happily!