The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has released a request for proposals (RFP) to replace two ageing and increasingly unreliable B757-200s operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (KIW, Auckland Whenuapai) (RNZAF) with B737-8 or A321neo aircraft by the end of 2027.

The call, issued on December 19, 2024, asks qualified suppliers to participate in an open tender process to select a replacement airframe. The government is seeking “commercially available, off-the-shelf” aircraft of the two preidentified types….

Source: ch aviation
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