Three flights were cancelled yesterday after both Air New Zealand and Jetstar had mechanical problems. A Jetstar flight was initially delayed for hours while an engineer was flown to Dunedin Airport before being cancelled late last night.
The Dunedin to Auckland flight had been scheduled to leave at 4.30pm. The plane is expected to leave at 1pm today.
A Jetstar spokesman said earlier: "We apologise to our customers for the delay while we fly an engineer in from Christchurch."
Air New Zealand cancelled two flights — one inbound and one outbound — because an ATR aircraft was stuck in Christchurch with "engineering issues".
The Dunedin to Christchurch leg had been scheduled for just after 8pm, and 36 passengers were offered road transport to Christchurch, an Air New Zealand spokeswoman said.
The Otago Daily Times was unable to determine the total number of passengers affected by the cancellations.
"Customers booked to travel on this service have been offered alternative options.
"Customers have been offered road transport tonight or travel on an alternative service tomorrow," an Air New Zealand spokeswoman said in an email.
