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Onboard a 5 year old, Boeing 7879 Dreamliner registration ZKNZQ for a night flight across the Pacific. Operated by Air New Zealand, flight NZ24 from Auckland to Vancouver, Canada.
Now I've only done a handful of flights across the Pacific before between Australia and the US. Worth noting on these eastbound flights is the time travel. Departure from Auckland was 20:30 on Saturday 10th Feb. Arriving in Vancouver at midday. Back in time, on Saturday 10th Feb. Crossing the International date line midway over the Pacific ocean and going back in time technically.
A brilliant service offered by Air New Zealand and I was lucky enough to have a "Sky Couch" row. Where all 3 economy seats in the row are reserved and the foot rest folds up fully, to make it a "couch" giving me a lot more space for the 13 hour over night haul. Great entertainment system and the food & beverage service was couldn't be faulted. Even got an extra few glasses of wine from the cabin crew just to keep me going. Brilliant service.
In the video once in the cruise during the night I did video the information sheet regarding the Sky Couch seat, so you can see & understand how it works and what it looks like. Also a good look at the onboard IFE system and the service offered.
Free WiFi on Air NZ meant I was able to track our progress on FlightRadar on my phone as well.
External views aren't much to be desired im afraid. A grey evening leaving Auckland, met by a grey dull morning arriving in Vancouver. So unfortunately not much in the way of scenery. Although some quite nice sunset shots during the climb away from NZ.
FLIGHT DETAILS:
Date: February 10th 2024
Flight Number: NZ24
Aircraft: Boeing 7879 Dreamliner
Reg.: ZKNZQ
Age: 5 Years Old
Seat: 41A "Sky Couch" row
Max. Cruising Alt: 41,000ft (FL410)
Departure Runway: 23L
Arrival Runway: 08L
Distance: 7,067 miles
Route: AKL YVR
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 intro
0:12 External shots on stand
0:28 Captains announcement
1:38 Pushback
4:25 Engine Start
6:45 Taxi
10:33 Take Off
11:40 Climb
12:45 In the clouds
13:50 Sunset above the clouds
17:08 IFE System
17:51 Sky Couch seat overview
18:53 Evening meal
19:48 FlightRadar view using WiFi
20:15 Breakfast
21:00 Start of descent into YVR
28:35 Final Approach
29:10 Landing
30:40 Taxi in YVR
33:20 On Stand 35 mins early
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