ROUTE UPDATE: Air New Zealand to replace 777-200 with 787-9 between Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) and Auckland (AKL)

Air New Zealand will replace the 777-200ER's that it has been operating between Argentina and New Zealand during the past five months with the 787-9, effective 30Oct16, with the airline also increasing frequency on the route from 3x to 4x/weekly for the southern hemisphere summer from 12Dec16 to 27Feb17.   

Air New Zealand's 787-9's will join the 787-8's of AeroMexico, AVIANCA, and United flying to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE).  American and LAN have both also flown the 787-8 to Ezeiza, from Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) and Santiago (SCL), respectively.  

Source:

http://airlineroute.net/2016/05/10/nz-eze-w16/ via Eric Trum