Reinforcements arrive to help with Air New Zealand Dreamliner engine problems

The first charter plane has arrived to fill gaps for Air New Zealand while it gets its Dreamliner Rolls-Royce engines repaired. The aircraft from Portuguese company Hi Fly arrived on Monday evening and is expected to enter service tomorrow morning on two Auckland-Sydney sectors. The second aircraft is expected to arrive in Auckland this weekend. Air New Zealand is chartering an Airbus A330 and an A340 as the engines on some of its Dreamliners are repaired. Air New Zealand chief executive… (www.nzherald.co.nz) Mehr...