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Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) has inked a deal with Air Lease Corporation to take a B777-300ER on a three-year operating lease. The 14.90-year-old jet, formerly leased to Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong International), was ferried into Auckland in mid-October, where it is undergoing maintenance before entering into service in mid-November.

Formerly B-KPJ (msn 36157), the B777 has been entered into the New Zealand aircraft registry as ZK-OKU. Cathay put the plane into deep storage at Alice Springs in September 2020, and while it was later moved from that airport, the aircraft never resumed operating scheduled flights for the Hong Kong carrier. Instead, it was returned to the lessor.

Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran told local media in September that the lease for the aircraft was about to be signed but he did not disclose where it was coming from. ZK-OKU will help ease a long-haul capacity shortfall at the carrier, which is awaiting the delivery of two B787-9s and six B787-10s. Foran also told journalists...

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