Refuelling at Perth Airport has finally recommenced more than 12 hours after the airport was plunged into chaos due to a load pressure issue in the fuel lines.

Almost 60 flights were cancelled, diverted or delayed before the issue was resolved.

A Perth Airport spokesperson confirmed just before midday that “refuelling operations had recommenced ... following an outage due to low pressure in the system”.
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At least four flights were diverted to regional airports including a Philippines Airlines flight from Manila to Perth that landed in Geraldton earlier on Saturday.Geraldton is about 420 kilometres north of Perth. A Geraldton Airport spokesperson said the small regional airport could only assist with a handful of flights due to having limited fuel supply themselves. Passengers on the Philippines flight were not allowed to disembark and a biosecurity representative was on site. City of Geraldton chief executive Ross McKim said Geraldton Airport was in danger of running out of fuel after the Philippines flight took a quarter of the airport's fuel capacity. "The [airport's] refuelling isn't booked until mid-next week so we're going to have to work out how to get some up sooner than that," he said.

Qantas flight QFA10 from London to Perth was diverted to Karratha, in the state's far north.

Other flights were diverted to Kalgoorlie, about 600km east of Perth.
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