Remarks:"New Zealand One" LHR-LAX-AKL arrives into LAX for some fuel, a crew replacement, some cleaning and most of all some new passengers for the last and longest leg of its journey - across the Pacific to Auckland.
Remarks: This beauty seen here making its way to the Tom Bradley International Terminal. I saw this bird in Vegas earlier in the day which might explain its late arrival.
Remarks:"Auckland" lines up on 23 Left for departure as New Zealand 136 AKL-BNE. This shot was taken prior to the mass retirement of Air New Zealands 747 fleet. ZK-SUJ has since been converted to freighter and has just begun a new life with Southern Air as N469AC.