An Air New Zealand flight pushed back by Iran due to lack of authorization

An Air New Zealand plane was pushed back over Turkey after discovering it was not allowed to fly over Iranian airspace.

The all-new Airbus A321-271NX was scheduled to land in Auckland from the Airbus production base in Hamburg, Germany, before its first commercial flight.

Delivery flights for Air New Zealand purchases from Airbus were generally made from Hamburg to Auckland via Oman, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns.

However, due to a "last minute delay in the delivery process", to be able to land in Oman on time, the plane took off before the permission to fly over the airport. Iran was given.

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"Our delivery flight planning officer had badured us that Iranian customs clearance documents would be forwarded during the flight.

"Unfortunately, it was not received on time and the decision was made to return to Hamburg," Air New Zealand spokesman said Wednesday.

This is the second time in 10 days that an Air New Zealand flight has to be turned back due to a lack of clearance, after the NZ289 flight to Shanghai was returned because it was not had not been approved by Chinese regulations.

Air New Zealand called the return "regrettable" but "not unusual".

"Each authorization process is handled differently and has different timelines and application settings (for example, one jurisdiction may require proof of an existing authorization to land elsewhere, another may define a period of time during which the aircraft may land in that airspace, and some require an application within a short period of time after departure of the flight). "

"Although backtracking is unfortunate, the nature of obtaining an interlocking chain of permissions means that scenarios of this nature are not uncommon.

"The aircraft has since left Hamburg and is expected to arrive in Auckland late Thursday night."