{"id":334670,"date":"2026-03-17T22:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334670\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:27:08","slug":"air-new-zealand-cuts-hawkes-bay-flights-as-jet-fuel-costs-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/334670\/","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand cuts Hawke\u2019s Bay flights as jet fuel costs surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The spokesperson said the affected flights represent 5% of its total schedule, with 44,000 passengers impacted out of the 1.9 million the company will fly between March 16 and May 3. <\/p>\n

The majority of affected customers would still travel on the same day as their booking, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Tukituki MP Catherine Wedd said airlines adjusted schedules for a range of reasons, including fuel costs, demand, and operational pressures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how vital reliable airlinks are for our region for business, tourism, families and getting to appointments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny potential changes to flight schedules have a real impact on Hawke\u2019s Bay residents, especially given our region\u2019s dependence on air links for domestic travel and freight and this is a challenging situation for our region.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said New Zealand was well placed to manage the economic impacts of the conflict in Iran because the Government had \u201cspent the past two years strengthening the economy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conflict began as our economy was emerging from recession, meaning we face this challenge from a stronger position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke\u2019s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in the UK, Germany, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The spokesperson said the affected flights represent 5% of its total schedule, with 44,000 passengers impacted out of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68,806,1561,802,10666,52636,70,6562,2678,1976,28372,117,111,43,139,3591,69,12937,26213,1515,80],"class_list":["post-334670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-air","tag-as","tag-bay","tag-costs","tag-cuts","tag-dropping","tag-flight","tag-flights","tag-fuel","tag-hawkes","tag-jet","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-numbers","tag-nz","tag-prices","tag-soar","tag-surge","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}