Air New Zealand's newest Boeing 777-300ER arrived in Auckland this morning. The plane is the largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted black. Photo / Greg Bowker
The latest addition to the Air New Zealand fleet, a brand new Boeing 777-300, arrived in New Zealand today bedecked in All Black colours.
The company said it is the world's largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted black.
The paint job, which includes a silver fern that extends across
the rear of the aircraft up to its tail, was complex, requiring 14 expert painters at Boeing working in shifts 24 hours a day to get the job done, Air NZ said.
The paint job is part of Air New Zealand's sponsorship of the New Zealand Rugby Union and the All Blacks.
"It flies magnificently,'' Air New Zealand chief pilot captain David Morgan told APNZ on the tarmac at Auckland airport after the 15-hour flight from Boeing's headquarters in Seattle.
