12 January 2012
Video of world’s largest black aircraft arriving in Auckland
Video footage is now available of Air New Zealand’s newest Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated
aircraft to be painted all black, touching down in New Zealand for the first time today at Auckland International
Airport.
The aircraft’s all black paint job is overlaid with a design featuring New Zealand’s distinctive silver fern that
extends across the rear of the aircraft up to its tail. The paint job was extremely complex requiring 14 expert painters
at Boeing working in shifts 24 hours a day to get the job done. Painting of the aircraft is part of Air New Zealand’s
sponsorship of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and the World Champion All Blacks rugby team.
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AirNZ 777-300 black
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AirNZ 777-300 black landing
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AirNZ 777-300 with Beech1900 black
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AirNZ Beech1900 with tail of 777-300 black
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