Kiwi lands Airbus A380 at Auckland International Airport, New Zealand

Kiwi flies first A380 - New Zealand's source for travel news on Stuff.co.nz


NZ joins a few select countries to celebrate the new A380 on its first scheduled visit to our shores.....

The first A380 airplane to go into service in New Zealand has been landed by a Kiwi.

Carrying almost 500 passengers, the Emirates A380-800 left Sydney about 9.30am yesterday on its first scheduled passenger flight to Auckland, and arrived just after 2pm.

At the controls was New Zealander Wayne Taylor, who learned to fly in Rotorua. Several other Kiwis were on the flight decks. Among them was barman Troy Whittle, of Mt Albert, Auckland.

Having worked for Emirates for about five years, Mr Whittle now mans the upstairs lounge bar, serving up cocktails and canapes to business class passengers.

"At night time we drop the curtains down and make it a little bit darker," he said.

...more from The Dominion Post here

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