Air New Zealand's Final Grounded Dreamliner Returns as Engine Crisis Eases

Air New Zealand's final grounded Dreamliner returns as engine crisis eases

At one stage, five of the national airline’s 14 Dreamliners were grounded.

Air New Zealand’s last 787-9 returns from long-term storage

Air New Zealand is celebrating a major milestone as its last remaining Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has returned from long-term storage. On June 3, 2026, Air New Zealand declared that it now has “no widebody aircraft in storage for the first time since the global Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine shortage began affecting availability”. According to the carrier, five of its fourteen Boeing 787-9 aircraft were grounded and non-operational at the peak of di…