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In total, the airline said it was forced to cancel 509 services because of the extreme weather, while 10,000 international customers were affected.

At Auckland Airport on Monday, 94 per cent of departures were cancelled, while Air New Zealand halted much of its network, including all Tasman flights.

The bureau’s report into the September 2021 incident concluded the pilot of the smaller aircraft had mixed up which runway the larger plane would land on.

According to new BITRE data released by the Department of Transport, the ‘best discount’ airfare index raised from 74 in January to 74.7 in February. The traditional ‘restricted economy’ index has also risen from 81.5 to 82.