Boeing 787 Dreamliners have the inside running in Air NZ's fleet decision. Photo: NZ HeraldAir New Zealand has confirmed it will announce which new widebody planes it has chosen on Monday, and Boeing aircraft are set to win the race with Airbus. It is understood Boeing representatives will be in Auckland that day, when the announcement will be made by Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon. Although Air New Zealand uses narrow body Airbus planes on domestic and short haul routes, it hasn’t used the European-made planes for long haul operations. However, Dreamliners are much different planes, and after some teething problems have had a good safety record and use different systems.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2019 04:02 UTC