Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 787-9 has flown for the first time.
The new plane recently completed a three-hour test flight above Seattle,USA.
The aircraft, is in the final phases of the delivery process before being formally handed over.
Air New Zealand is the launch customer for the Boeing 787-9 and has 10 of these versions of the 787 on order.
Air New Zealand will initially use them on routes to Perth, China and Japan.
The price for one of these planes is about $300 million.
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We saw that plane go over our school!!!
cool planes
i Am the biggest fan of planes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jets are the best
How cool
It does look different
yay
AWESOME:)
I like it because it has lots of imformastion that is what I come to this Web site every Thursday for my oral landgwige
awesome
Cool!
My BFF is going on it in September!
She lucky 🙂
COOL
i love planes
That is so awesome. Cant wait to get in that plane
MY DADS A PILOT SOOOOO HEL BE FLYING IN IT EVERY DAY!!!!!:) 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
omg I was the one who bought thisssss