This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse (Blagnac), France

First flown (T1) at Toulouse (Blagnac - 13:06 - 13:17 UTC) with the test registration 'F-WWEI' - November 25, 2024

Test flown (T2) at Toulouse (Blagnac - 14:32 - 16:50 UTC) as Flight EVX02EI- November 25, 2024

Test flown (T3) from Toulouse (Blagnac - 12:54) to Francazal (14:23 UTC) as Flight EVX03EI- November 27, 2024

The aircraft was painted into the Air New Zealand livery at Toulouse (Francazal)

Test flown (T4) from Toulouse (Francazal - 14:35) to Blagnac (15:59 UTC) as Flight EVX04EI- December 10, 2024

Test flown (C1) at Toulouse (Blagnac - 09:46 - 10:45 UTC) as Flight EVX05EI- December 13, 2024

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MZG - December 20, 2024

Registered to Air New Zealand Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted by Air New Zealand at Toulouse (Blagnac) - December 21, 2024

Departed Toulouse (Blagnac - 09:12 UTC) on the delivery flight to New Zealand - December 21, 2024

It arrived at Christchurch (17:15 NZDT) on completion of the delivey flight from France - December 29, 2024

Delivery route: Toulouse - Heraklion - Riyadh - Muscat - Hyderabad - Kuala Lumpur - Denpasar - Darwin -

Brisbane - Christchurch

The aircraft was prepared at Christchurch for entry into service

Operated its first revenue service Christchurch - Invercargill as ANZ5503 - January 16, 2025

Current with Air New Zealand