Air New Zealand operations normalise post cyclone Gabrielle

Air New Zealand cancelled 821 flights and about 49,000 customers had their travel plans disrupted due to Cyclone Gabrielle. By yesterday (Feb. 15) the airline resumed both the international as well as domestic routes with minor disruptions. “To have the airline operating largely as normal today is no small feat,” said Leanne Geraghty, chief customer and sales officer, Air New Zealand. “We had to divert nine services last night to other ports like Christchurch and Nadi, rework our schedule to allow for the planes and crew we had out of place, bring a large proportion of turboprops back out of