What became of Air New Zealand's B -747-219BS. Part 2.

ZK-NZY ZK-NZZ plus short term lease from Thai International ZK-TGA.

ZK-NZY. cn 22725.
22nd June 1982. 1st Jan 1996. 3rd Aug 1996. 22nd Mar 2000. 7th May 2002. 21st March 2005. Delivered to Air New Zealand Leased to Air Pacific. ZK-NZY Returned to Air New Zealand. ZK-NZY Sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways. G-VPUF High as a Kite Stored at Mojave Airport California. Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. N705TA
Sold to Transaero Airlines Russia. VP-BQC. Wfu Stored at Griffiss Airpark Airport New York USA.

27th Sept 2006. 11th November 2011. 2nd December 2011.

ZK-NZY Los Angeles. View of nose with LONDON banner. February 1984.

1st Jan 1996. Leased to Air Pacific. ZK-NZY

ZK-NZY Air Pacific. Sydney November 1996

22nd March 2000. Sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways. G-VPUF. High as a Kite

ZK-NZY / G-VPUF finals London Heathrow March 2002

7th May 2002. Stored at Mojave Airport California.

ZK-NZY / G-VPUF Mojave storage December 2003

ZK-NZY / G-VPUF with ZK-NZV / G-VZZZ & ZK-NZZ / G-VIBE. Mojave December 2004.

21st March 2005. Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. N705TA

ZK-NZY / G-VPUF / N705TA for Transaero as VP-BQC. San Antonio International Texas October 2005.

ZK-NZY / G-VPUF/ N705TA Landing 12R San Antonio International Texas August 2006. Test flight after re-furbishment.

27th Sept 2006. Sold to Transaero Airlines Russia. VP-BQC.

ZK-NZY / VP-BQC Barcelona October 2006

ZK-NZY / VP-BQC Barcelona October 2006.

11th November 2011. 2nd December 2011.

Declared Wfu (Without further use) Stored at Griffiss Airpark Airport Rome New York USA, to be broken up.

ZK-NZZ. cn 22791.
25 Aug 1982.
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28 Feb 1991. 8th Oct 1992. 28th Apr 1998. 2nd Nov 1998. 25th Sep 1999. 12th Feb 2002. 14th July 2005.
27th Oct 2005. 30th Oct 2011. 25th Nov 2011.

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Delivered to Air New Zealand Leased to Malysian Air System. 9M-MHH. Returned to Air New Zealand. ZK-NZZ. Leased to British Airtours. ZK-NZZ. Returned to Air New Zealand. ZK-NZZ. Sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways. G-VIBE. Dancing Queen then in 2001 Spirit of New York. Stored Mojave California. Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. N701TA
Sold to Transaero Airlines Russia. VP-BQH Wfu. Ferried from Domodevodo Moscow to Griffiss Airpark Airport New York USA for storage.

ZK-NZZ LAX NZ 2 Heavy lining up 25R LAX-LHR September 1984.

ZK-NZZ The Haj Jeddah

28th Feb 1991. Leased to Malysian Air System. 9M-MHH.

ZK-NZZ / 9M-MHH take off rw25L LAX December 1992.

8th Oct 1992. Returned to Air New Zealand. ZK-NZZ.

ZK-NZZ a white tail on approach to runway 13 Kai Tak January 1993.

28th Apr 1998. Leased to British Airtours. ZK-NZZ.

ZK-NZZ Airtours International Orlando Florida July 1998.

25th Sep 1999. Sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways. G-VIBE. Dancing Queen then in 2001 Spirit of New York.

ZK-NZZ / G-VIBE Dancing Queen taxiing London Heathrow May 2001

ZK-NZZ / G-VIBE Renamed Spirit of New York after 9-11. London Heathrow 8th December 2001

12th Feb 2002. Stored Mojave California.

ZK-NZZ / G-VIBE Mojave desert storage July 2004

ZK-NZZ & ZK-NZV & ZK-NZY Mojave MHV in storage November 2004

14th July 2005. Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. N701TA

ZK-NZZ / G-VIBE / Preparing to become N701TA. Mojave desert storage April 2005.

ZK-NZZ / N701TA ex G-VIBE San Antonio International. Major overhaul July 2005.

27th Oct 2005.

Sold to Transaero Airlines Russia. VP-BQH

ZK-NZZ / VP-BQH Transaero Airlines Russia. Bangkok November 2005.

ZK-NZZ / VP-BQH Transaero Cockpit crew Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia April 2006. Note: Forward engine strip instruments
have been replaced with round gauges

30th Oct 2011.

Declared Without Further Use (Wfu).

25th Nov 2011. Ferried from Domodevodo Moscow to Griffiss Airpark Airport New York USA for storage.

Three ex-Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219Bs being broken up at Griffiss Airport, Rome, New York, U.S.A. Google earth image July 2011. Aircraft are: ZK-NZX / Transaero VP-BQB. ZK-NZY / Transaero VP-BQC. ZK-NZZ / Transaero VP-BQH. Aircraft can be identified by royal blue coloured engine nacelles. One aircraft at bottom left, wings and forward fuselage only. The other two aircraft are parked top right in the image awaiting the wreckers hammer. When viewing this image in Google Earth, zooming in on the two aircraft above, Transaero can clearly be seen on the fuselage side. ZK-NZX arrived in 2009 so is most probably the half fuselage image at the bottom. ZK-NZY and ZK-NZZ both arrived at Griffiss in 2011, the year this image was created, so in all probability they are the two aircraft at the top of the image.

ZK-TGA Leased by Air New Zealand from Thai Airways. HS-TGA-2D7B cn 21782-402 Thai Air. Onsold to Atlas Air N523MC

ZK-TGA HNL June 1996