Air New Zealand resumed services to all airports on Wednesday, including those in the heavily impacted regions of New Plymouth, Napier, and Gisborne, after Cyclone Gabrielle led to 821 flight cancellations and affected 49,000 customers.
An Air New Zealand plane is seen taxiing from the international terminal at Sydney Airport, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Sydney, Australia, November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliottresumed services to all airports on Wednesday, including those in the heavily impacted regions of New Plymouth, Napier, and Gisborne, after Cyclone Gabrielle led to 821 flight cancellations and affected 49,000 customers.
The airline experienced minor disruptions in the morning during the resumption of services as it worked through operationalising the routes, it said.domestic and international operations from Auckland due to increased gusty winds in the afternoon, which also led to a further 300 cancelled services. "With aircraft and crew displaced around the network, our morning operations were a little bumpy. But we are largely back in the swing of things today," the airline's Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty said.
The cyclone moved away from New Zealand on Wednesday, with authorities beginning to assess the impact of floods, landslides, and high winds that left three people dead and displaced thousands from their homes.
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