Following the suspension of scheduled services in August 2008, Air West Coast's Dornier 228 ZK-VIR has finally left the country on export to Divi Divi Air based in Curucao, Netherland Antilles. It departed Haupiri for Auckland and Rarotonga 16Feb, then to Papeete 17Feb (NZ local date).
See also (you made need to cut and paste the link)
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/2007/10/air-west-coast-dornier-returns-to.html
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/2008/08/vale-air-west-coast.html
Ewan Smith of Air Rarotonga kindly supplied these images of the aircraft departing Rarotonga this morning.
Sad to see she's finally gone. Will have fond memories of that aircraft for a while to come...
ReplyDeleteNice paint scheme alteration though.