Is Air New Zealand taking the Dreamliner off the Perth-Auckland route again?

[jrfsp]

I wonder if this means they'll reinstate the evening PER-AKL flight, with a daytime option for the return. (The old ~7am PER-AKL departure connected well with NZ's evening bank from AKL to North America.)

That’s the plan I think

 

[AIRwin]

The Wamos aircraft has left NZ and returned to MAD

It's back for the Northern Winter season but not on the PER route:

Wamos Air experience

We're welcoming back Wamos Air to support select services between Auckland and Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tokyo and Bali during a busy travel period. Here's what to expect.

www.airnewzealand.co.nz

 

[Mattg]

It's back for the Northern Winter season but not on the PER route:

Wamos Air experience

We're welcoming back Wamos Air to support select services between Auckland and Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Tokyo and Bali during a busy travel period. Here's what to expect.

www.airnewzealand.co.nz

Given the amount of times Air NZ has had to get in the Wamos wet lease, it looks like they might actually just need an extra widebody in their main fleet.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Given the amount of times Air NZ has had to get in the Wamos wet lease, it looks like they might actually just need an extra widebody in their main fleet.

What Air NZ needs is engines on aircraft Are aircraft parked at NZ airports without out engines.
2025 08 28 Air New Zealand's profit falls amid rising costs and engine maintenance, (RNZ)

It said it's had to cope with fewer people flying, at times more than 10 planes grounded to get their engines maintained, and rising costs for fuel and regulatory
charges. The airline's chairperson Dame Therese Walsh said the result had shown its resilience in the face of operational and economic changes.
Foran said it had had up to six narrowbody and five widebody aircraft out of service at times mainly for engine maintenance issues, and that had considerably affected the result.
"While the airline received $129 million in compensation from engine manufacturers, it estimates earnings before taxation of $189 million could have been approximately $165 million higher had the fleet operated as intended.