Editing Air New Zealand (section)

====Special liveries====
[[File:Air New Zealand Lord of the Rings 747-400.jpg|thumb|Air New Zealand 747-400 ZK-SUJ in "Airline to Middle Earth" livery]]
[[File:Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232; ZK-OAB@AKL;11.07.2012 662au (7840659554).jpg|thumb|Airbus A320 ZK-OAB at Auckland wearing the All Blacks livery]]
[[File:ZK-OKP - 777-319 ER - Air New Zealand - Hobbit - BNE (9634217765).jpg|thumb|Boeing 777-300ER ZK-OKP with "The Airline of Middle-earth" livery at Brisbane International Airport]]
* In 1973, the first of the airline's [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]]s arrived with [[1974 British Commonwealth Games]] "NZ74" logo on both sides of the forward fuselage beneath the cabin windows.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rendel|first1=David G. A.|title=Civil aviation in New Zealand: an illustrated history|date=1975|publisher=Reed|isbn=9780589009052|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM07AAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref>
* In 1984, pictures of the [[Buckingham Palace]] horse guards with 'London, Here We Come' were placed on the side of the hump of the airline's new [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200Bs]] when Air New Zealand was allowed to fly the Los Angeles&nbsp;– London leg of the trans-Pacific route in its own name.
* A special livery featuring an image of the All Blacks front row of Carl Hoeft, Anton Oliver and Kees Meeuws and a black tail was used on the Boeing 747–400 aircraft used to transport the team to the 1999 [[Rugby World Cup]]. Two other aircraft wore the special All Blacks scheme: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200QC]] and a [[Saab 340]] of [[Air Nelson]]; both these aircraft retained their blue teal tail colours.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}
* In 1999, one Boeing 737–300 was painted in a 'New Millennium' livery depicting celebrations and the [[America's Cup]] regatta that was to be held in 2000.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}
* In 2002 and 2003 Air New Zealand marked its position as "the official airline to Middle Earth" by decorating three aircraft with ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' imagery, applied as giant decals. The decal material was described in airline publicity as being as thin as [[clingfilm]] and weighing more than {{convert|60|kg|lb}}. The imagery featured actors from the film trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' against backdrops of New Zealand locations used in the films.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=95582 Air New Zealand&nbsp;– Official airline to Middle-earth] (press release) 14 December 2002</ref><ref>[http://movies.about.com/cs/lordoftherings3/a/viggoairplane01.htm Return of Aragorn and Legolas: Air New Zealand Debuts Newest Flying Billboard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219054829/http://movies.about.com/cs/lordoftherings3/a/viggoairplane01.htm |date=19 February 2006 }} 19 November 2003</ref>
* In 2008, one of the airline's Boeing 737-300s was painted into a lime green Air New Zealand 'Holidays' livery.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}
* During 2011 and 2012, two aircraft – an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 777-300ER – were painted in an All Blacks-inspired livery. The aircraft were completely black, with a silver fern motif covering the aft section of the fuselage.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10675396&ref=rss |title= Air NZ reveals plans for black jet&nbsp;– nzherald.co.nz |newspaper=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date= 22 September 2010 |access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="fourmoreyears">{{cite web |url= http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1110/S00690/air-nz-celebrates-four-more-years-with-the-all-blacks.htm |title= Air NZ celebrates four more years with the All Blacks |publisher= Air New Zealand |work= Scoop.co.nz |date= 21 October 2011 |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref> Some Air New Zealand Link aircraft were also decorated in the scheme: an [[ATR 72|ATR 72–600]] operated by [[Mount Cook Airline]];<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10844093 |title= Air NZ gets the keys to new plane |first= Grant |last= Bradley |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date= 31 October 2012 |access-date= 1 November 2012}}</ref> and two [[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]]s operated by now-defunct subsidiary [[Eagle Airways]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies/2012/01/pictures-air-new-zealands-beec.html |title= Air New Zealand's Beech 1900D painted all black&nbsp;– flightglobal.com |publisher= Flight Global Blogs |date= 10 January 2012 |access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref>
* In November 2012, Boeing 777-300ER ZK-OKP was repainted in the new "black-tail" livery and fitted with an {{convert|830|m2|abbr=on}} decal promoting the premiere and release of the first film in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' trilogy]]. The decal took six days and 400-man-hours to install.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://tvnz.co.nz/hobbit-news/inspired-plane-set-unveiled-5234910|title= Air New Zealand pins hopes on Hobbit payoff|publisher= Television New Zealand |date= 24 November 2012 |access-date= 25 November 2012}}</ref>
*In December 2013, ahead of the premiere of the second part of the Hobbit trilogy, ''The Desolation of Smaug'', Air New Zealand applied two 54-metre-long images of the dragon Smaug on the sides of a Boeing 777-300ER.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/02/travel/new-zealand-airport-hobbit/index.html|title=New Zealand airport, airline unveil incredible odes to "The Hobbit"|author=Adam Bray|website=[[CNN]] |date=2 December 2013|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>
*In October 2023, Air New Zealand leased ex Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-367ER ZK-OKU (ex B-KPJ) on a three year lease from Air Lease Corporation. The airliner painted all white, features a black koru logo design, compared to the normal white.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curran |first=Andrew |date=30 October 2023 |title=Air New Zealand grows B777 fleet |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/133431-air-new-zealand-grows-b777-fleet |website=CH-Aviation}}</ref>