Blackcloud

My flights WLG-AKL yesterday were not affected. I even managed to change my 7:00 pm return flight to 5:00 pm and was offered 5:30 or 6:00 as well.
From looking at the operations you can tell they are trying to save fuel and that no domestic A320 I saw took on fuel, so tanking operations must be working. I do wonder though does ZQN have sufficient supply for the domestic operations as I do not recall seeing the domestic flights being refuelled there, due to cost. I guess ZQN need to refuel the Trans Tasman flights so they must have a decent supply.

mmonster

talking about utilizing opportunities. it really depends on which side you are standing on, their share prices have actually dropped.... and there would be one or two angry souls out there that would complaint to the nth degree so it is adding pressure on to call centre etc. The cost of communicating to customers would be substantial as well as scheduling and purchasing fuel from out ports might be more expensive (with the lack of service agreements). Landing fees and extra time are on top.

so I do not think they are making anything out of this. They would have reschedule their services like Jet Star (sarcastic) if they wanted to as Business As Usual.... a lot of airlines do that and I am sure NZ does it to AKL - WLG, AKL - CHC

brenrox

Looks like they are flying at least one 772 (with no pax) AKL-WLG RT, just to refuel as stocks in the Pacific are dwindling.

zebranz

Tuesday 19 September
NZ99 Auckland to Narita - Refuel in Brisbane
NZ175 Auckland to Perth - Refuel in Melbourne
NZ87 Auckland to Hong Kong - Refuel in Brisbane
NZ245 Auckland to Denpasar - Refuel in Brisbane
NZ6 Auckland to Los Angeles - Refuel in Nadi
NZ8 Auckland to Los Angeles - Refuel in Nadi
NZ24 Auckland to Vancouver - Refuel in Noumea

-QR 921 AKL-DOH was moved earlier by 2 hours on 19&20th.
I am on Fridays flight and waiting to see as if 2 hours earlier will miss with my flight from ZQN (if flying). Unfortunately NZ not posting any changes/cancellations past tomorrow (Wednesday). Both NZ and QR web site have "Travel Alerts" showing flights affected.

cavemanzk

Was wondering when NAN was going to start to run low, an extra 2-3 777 daily is probably doubling there fuel useage.

Sam_87

Is the Harbour at Onehunga still operational? Surely they could ship in Fuel straight there? Makes Logical sense..

cavemanzk

Would take 3-4 days for an ship to reach Onehunga as its on the wrong coast.

Eltham

Not enough draft for the tankers. More logical would be to set up Wynyard Wharf for Jet A1 offloads, which I believe is under consideration.

brenrox

I see the flight to SGN has been cancelled...wonder if they are using this as an excuse for cancelling due to poor flight loadings....I can't see why they wouldn't just re-fuel via Australia

Trumpkin

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/970...crisis-deepens

Has info about the refueling in WLG for the 772.

It looks like the fuel issue really is starting to bite and it is probably a week away from the pipeline being fixed.

Shamrock55

It was due to land in AKL 3 hours late, but then when we were boarding there was a handwritten sign at the gate saying we were now not stopping in Brisbane. Chatting to the crew they were very relieved! Must suck for them having to go through the whole landing\takeoff sequence twice.

sbiddle

The 777 that went to WLG was is flying out to BNE in the morning.

V​​​A AKL-MEL in the morning is flying via WLG to fuel up.

Markhm

Am I correct in believing that all main trunk and regional fares seem to have exploded in past few days? I was looking to fly PMR -AKL tomorrow and the fare was circa $400. Flights from Chc-AKL are off the planet, even the 540am flight

sbiddle

I was looking at WLG to CHC over the past few days. No sub $155 fares until the week after next.

codyc1515

CHC-AKL r/t tomorrow is $938