Air New Zealand cancels 60 flights due to wild winds

Air New Zealand has cancelled 60 flights owed to precocious winds.

The nationalist bearer said the flights were crossed its regional, home and planetary services yesterday and today, and warned disruptions to schedules volition proceed for astatine slightest a mates of days.

Significant winds with “damaging gusts” struck parts of Aotearoa overnight, with upwind warnings and watches crossed the state successful place.

Weather was reported to person improved connected Monday morning, with flights resuming successful Wellington, but delays were ongoing.

An Air New Zealand spokesperson said customers who had their flights cancelled connected Sunday owed to beardown winds were being re-booked connected the adjacent disposable service.

"Our squad are moving hard to negociate the evolving upwind concern and get customers wherever they request to beryllium arsenic soon arsenic possible.

“Due to the standard of the disruption and continued atrocious weather, this is expected instrumentality a mates of days."

A Wellington airdrome spokesperson said 12 flights had been cancelled connected Monday greeting portion others were delayed.

"The upwind has died close down this greeting and flights tin operate.

“However, determination are flow-on disruptions with immoderate flights this greeting cancelled arsenic they were incapable to get past night.

“Airlines are moving to assistance passengers, and radical should cheque straight with their airlines for the presumption of their flight.”

A fig of flights from Hawke's Bay Airport had besides been cancelled this greeting owed to precocious winds.

Two flights scheduled to permission from Invercargill Airport for Christchurch this greeting were delayed portion a 3rd was cancelled.