Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) has announced it has formally concluded scheduled B767 passenger operations. The airline said in a statement that B767-300(ER) ZK-NCI (msn 26913) conducted the type's last revenue flight between Sydney Kingsford Smith and Auckland International on Friday, March 31, 2017, thus bringing to an end a relationship stretching back over three decades.

“The Boeing 767 aircraft has been a stalwart at Air New Zealand for more than 30 years now but moving to operate the modern B787-9 Dreamliners on our long-haul routes will allow us to be more efficient and have a consistent wide-body fleet which will deliver benefits to both the business and customers," Air New Zealand Chief Operations Integrity & Standards Officer, Captain David Morgan, said.

The event also completes Air New Zealand’s long-term plan to move to a simplified fleet structure. As it stands, the carrier's narrowbody fleet now constitutes thirty A320-200s while its widebody fleet is based exclusively on fifteen B777s (eight B777-200(ER)s and seven B777-300(ER)s) and nine B787-9s.