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SYDNEY - Qantas budget airline Jetstar is in damage control again after two of its planes missed Sydney's landing curfews on Sunday night, delaying passengers overnight and prompting cancellation of an early morning flight.
The incident came after about 300 Australians were stranded for two days at Honolulu airport when their Jetstar plane broke down and the airline botched attempts to get them home.
On Sunday, a mechanical glitch on one of its planes caused a delay that grew worse throughout Sunday.
The knock-on effect led to the cancellation of flights from Avalon airport, near Geelong, and from the Gold Coast because they were unable to reach Sydney before the city's 11pm flight curfew.
As a result, a flight leaving Sydney for Hamilton Island at 6.55am on Monday had to be cancelled.
"We obviously had to put passengers and crew up overnight to our cost and move those aircraft this morning," said Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway.
- AAP
