ZNK is timetabled for its C1 on 9th December according to the Notes on the spreadsheet.
Now some crystal ball gazing ... up to now, since its arrival, ZND has been used to inaugurate new 787-9 services.
With the cancellation of the various LAX services this week as noted in #684 above, the earliest likely return of ZND from LAX is via either QF16 or QF56 on Saturday to Brisbane. It then appears to be committed to BNE-LAX-JFK rotations, before it could be swapped to Melbourne via QF96 on Tuesday 3rd. Arriving in Melbourne in the early hours of the 5th and even without positioning to Sydney - too late for the inaugural service on the 4th.
However with arrival of ZNJ in its 100 livery, it is now the most likely 787-9 to be used for inaugural flights, commencing with the SYD-AKL & SYD-SFO 787-9 services on 4th. This means it will either need to transfer to Sydney via the MEL-HKG-SYD swap route before SYD-HKG 787-9 services end on 3rd, or position there by 3rd.
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