Air New Zealand will operate two charter flights carrying the New Zealand national rugby team known as the "All Blacks" from Auckland (AKL) to Buenos Aires - Ezeiza (EZE) in September to participate in a rugby tournament taking place in Argentina. The "All Blacks" are the current reigning Rugby World Cup champions and have held the top ranking in the world for longer than all other countries combined.
The aircraft to be used for these flights is 777-319ER, ZK-OKQ (c/n 40689/984) painted in a special "All Blacks" color scheme, which is also carried by at least two other Air New Zealand aircraft, including A320, ZK-OJR and Beech 1900D, ZK-EAG.
The "All Blacks" 777-300ER entered service on 19Jan12 on the carrier's Auckland (AKL) - Los Angeles (LAX) - London-Heathrow (LHR) route. It is due to fly to/from EZE on the following flight schedule:
NZ ??? 22SEP AKLEZE 1940 1640 777-300
NZ ??? 30SEP EZEAKL 1100 1700+1 777-300
Photo of 777-300ER, ZK-OKQ:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zealand/Boeing-777-319ER/2063370/M/&sid=b2bc36970360382d956cd62ee12193eb
Photo of A320, ZK-OJR:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zealand/Airbus-A320-232/2037983/&sid=4d803cbc0a14df887bdab7b05f8788a6
Photo of Beech 1900D, ZK-EAG:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-New-Zealand/Raytheon-1900D/2101232/&sid=c9d51b7209cf978b20e767ff226bb3f8
Sources:
http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/11/nz-eze-sep12/ via Eric Trum
http://wikipedia.org
www.airliners.net
