Air NZ starts to restrict ticket sales and cancels more flights as Auckland jet fuel crisis deepensSTUFF An Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200 carrying only its pilots has landed in Wellington to be refuelled. Air New Zealand has taken the extraordinary step of restricting ticket sales, including halting sales of some international services. JOHN ANTHONY/STUFF Air New Zealand is flying long-haul planes to the capital purely to refuel, as the airline struggles to cope with the Auckland jet fuel crisis. MORNING REPORT/RNZ Jet fuel remains rationed to all airlines this morning, following the rupture in Refining NZ's fuel pipeline. Airlines have been asked to cut the amount of jet fuel drawn from Auckland Airport to 30 per cent of normal uptake.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2017 03:07 UTC