Boeing 787 Dreamliner to visit Auckland 12-14 November

The Boeing 787's impending South Pacific sojourn continues with Air New Zealand announcing the aircraft will visit Auckland on 12-14 November. It will be the aircraft's first visit to New Zealand. Boeing last week confirmed the aircraft will be in Australia from 15-16 November to coincide with Qantas' 91st anniversary on 15-Nov-2011, which will also be the first time the aircraft visits Australia.

While the B787 that will fly non-stop from Boeing's facility north of Seattle to Auckland - 11285 km - will be a -8 variant, the only version currently in production, Air New Zealand has signed up only for the longer-range and higher-capacity -9, for which it is the launch customer for with an order of eight to be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powerplants.