Saturday, November 24, 2012

Air New Zealand 777-319(ER) sports new "Hobbit" livery

 The "Hobbit" arrives
 in Los Angeles
 following a flight
 from New Zealand.
Air New Zealand 777-319(ER) (39041/972) ZK-OKP arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX) from Auckland (AKL/NZAA), New Zealand as "NZ 2" at 13:54 pst sporting the new "Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" livery which was inspired by the new Peter Jackson movie.  
This is the inaugural flight for this special livery which also sports the carriers new tail livery which is now black with a white Koru.
   The aircraft will depart LAX for London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) at 4.00pm.

(Photos by Michael Carter)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Outstanding photos Michael! Were you part of the spotters group assembled on top of a building or located elsewhere? One correction, it is "Hobbit", not "Bobbit"..... I think the Bobbit name has other connotations!