Hope you enjoy the livery, thanks for the support! It was delivered back in 2007, serving them for 12 years in total after it was delivered to TAG Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos in 2019. The livery is based on the previously owned Saab 340 under the registration LY-RUS.

Danish Air Transport livery for the LES Saab 340. It now spends its days based out of YBBN, flying up and down Australia's east coast.Īs part of the conversion, Saab freighters have a reduced operating weight of 8,000kg with an increased MTOW of 12,930 kg.ĭAT aka. The aircraft was sold to Kendell Airlines in 1991 and ferried to Wagga Wagga.Īs the oldest Saab in Rex's fleet, it was withdrawn from passenger service in 2008 and converted to a freighter. KDB spent the first decade of its life operating in Europe for Brit Air followed by KLM.

It is still sporting the previous-gen livery at the time of creation so this is a slightly fictional repaint to the blue engine nacelles.ĮKD is typically found in the Southern parts of the Rex network, mainly YPAD and YMML according to flightaware data. 'We know the significance of the color black to New Zealanders, so when Air New Zealand proposed to launch the first-ever all-black aircraft with Star Alliance livery, we were happy to agree.Repaint of the LES Saab 340-A in the updated 2022 Regional Express 'Rex' Airlines Australia livery scheme.ĭelivered to Rex's predecessor Kendell Airlines in 1989, this is the last remaining Passenger config A model in the Rex fleet.

Star Alliance seems pretty happy about the new paint scheme, with VP for alliance development and communications Siu Ling Fock saying the group honors each of our 26 member airlines' distinct heritage, character and style. The airline also has 52 regional turboprops operated by Air New Zealand Link, split between 29 ATR72-600s and 23 De Havilland DHC-8-Q300s. Its in-service fleet includes 17 A320s, six A320neos, seven A321neos and 14 B787s. Of the 14 not in service, seven are Boeing B777-200ERs which are not likely to return, and four are B777-300ERs, a type that ANZ has repatriated back from desert storage in the US. Williams said that 'Demand for travel is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, so we're excited that these aircraft will help add much-needed capacity on our domestic routes - they won't be sitting on the tarmac for long.' According to, Air New Zealand is operating 97 of its 111 aircraft.

Air new zealand livery x plane 11 777