Air NZ cutting 1100 flights due to high aviation fuel price

[LionKing]

44,000 passengers to be hit by Air NZ cancellations over fuel, CEO says

The airline is set to cancel around 1100 flights over fuel supply concerns, affecting the travel plans of thousands.

www.rnz.co.nz

Attention passengers:

Due to high jet fuel price and it appears Air NZ cannot afford them, your flight may be retimed or cancelled.

So it seems the losses at Air NZ is going to be much more severe than expected. A 100% increase of jet fuel price to US$160 is crippling airlines operations.

Wonder how they can recover from here.

 

[elanshin]

Hmmm this would also serve to significantly demand on JQ/QF flights....

 

[RooFlyer]

More accurately, from the article:

between now and the end of April, early May the airline will cancel around 1100 flights.

 

[markis10]

Probably a good thing, a lot of the fleet is grounded anyway so its really same same

 

[Quickstatus]

44,000 passengers out of 1.9 million - about 2.3%. Though sounds like the regional ports will be affected the most.

 

[AuSammy]

44,000 people EFFECTED (not dumped or abandoned - moved to alternate flights).

1,100 flights cancelled, that means on average those flights only had 40 passengers, who are being accommodated on other flights

IMHO A huge media beat-up

 

[cambriamarsh]

44,000 passengers out of 1.9 million - about 2.3%. Though sounds like the regional ports will be affected the most.

Apparently not. All regionals will continue to be serviced.

 

[elanshin]

Apparently not. All regionals will continue to be serviced.

The wording sounds more like frequency cuts rather than route removal.

 

[clifford]

Sounds like an excuse for what they were already planning to do.

 

[cambriamarsh]

The wording sounds more like frequency cuts rather than route removal.

That's my understanding of what they're doing

 

[eastwest101]

Sounds like an excuse for what they were already ̶p̶l̶a̶n̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ forced to do.

Fixed that for you.

 

[VPS]

44,000 people EFFECTED (not dumped or abandoned - moved to alternate flights).

1,100 flights cancelled, that means on average those flights only had 40 passengers, who are being accommodated on other flights

IMHO A huge media beat-up

Shouldn't that be affected?

 

[markis10]

Stuff has been able to find the following routes affected.
Napier-Auckland - a reduction by an average of seven to eight rotations per week.
Napier -Wellington - an average of three rotations per week.
Kerikeri-Auckland - reduced by six rotations which is on average one service per week.
Gisborne-Auckland - being cut by 24 rotations, about one daily rotation most weeks.
Tauranga-Auckland - by 31 rotations, averaging about one daily rotation most weeks.
Wellington-Tauranga - 21 rotations removed. Roughly three return flights per week cut.
Christchurch-Tauranga - three rotations removed.
Blenheim-Wellington - three flights per week.
Blenheim-Auckland - nine rotations in total.
Christchurch-Dunedin - 15 rotations cut. About two to three per week.
Auckland-Dunedin - eight rotations cut. Around one to two per week.
Wellington-Dunedin - nine rotations cut. Around one to two per week.
Auckland-Nelson - two to three return flights per week cut. Potentially up to 10 per week after the April peak travel period.
Wellington-Nelson - About five return flights per week cut.
Christchurch-Nelson - two to three return flights per week cut.
New Plymouth-Auckland - 26 return flights over seven weeks, averaging three to four fewer services a week.
New Plymouth-Wellington - one flight on April 5.
New Plymouth-Christchurch - one service at the end of April.
Rotorua-Christchurch - one return service cancelled on April 19.
Hamilton-Wellington - three to four flights cancelled each week until early May.

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[AuSammy]

Shouldn't that be affected?

Correct - passengers affected - ANZ effected a remedy.

My boo boo