Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air New Zealand have celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 777-200ER (Extended Range) aircraft.
The aircraft is on lease from International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC). The delivery ceremony was reportedly attended by Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe, ILFC Chairman and CEO Steven F Udvar-Hazy, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President - Asia Pacific Sales Larry Dickenson.
The aircraft is reportedly the first of eight Boeing 777-200ERs, four of which are being leased through ILFC, that Air New Zealand will receive through 2006. The airline has selected Rolls Royce Trent 800 series engines for its 777 fleet.
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