Air New Zealand to restore its Boeing 777s

Air New Zealand has begun restoring its Boeing 777 passenger aircraft, which have spent around 700 days in storage.

Following an increase in demand for air travel, Air New Zealand plans to bring its Boeing 777-300 passenger planes back to commercial service. The wide-body aircraft have been stored at the Victorville facility in the US Mojave Desert since August 2020, after the airline ceased international passenger flights due to the global pandemic.

At the time, the airline selected the California desert to store its jets because of the dry conditions and low humidity levels, aiming to reduce the potential for corrosion on the planes.