Thirty-six flights have been cancelled today and 9000 Air New Zealand customers alone affected as the fuel crisis deepens. An Auckland Airport spokesperson said of the 36 cancelled flights, 23 were domestic and 13 were international. Air New Zealand's chief operations integrity and standards officer Captain David Morgan says the cancellation of today's flights brings to 26 domestic, 11 transtasman and two international flights cancelled since Sunday. Goff told the Herald the Auckland Council would do all it could to get fuel to where it was needed, including measures that could worsen the city's already chronic congestion. A council spokesman said there still didn't appear to be any significant environmental damage, despite the large volumes - up to 80,000 litres - of fuel spilled.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 19, 2017 21:45 UTC