Prime Minister Bill English comments on the aviation fuel leak at Marsden Pt saying there's 'problems with the pipeline.' / Doug Sherring
Auckland Airport has published a list of upcoming flights that have been cancelled due to the fuel shortage.
All supplies of aviation fuel to the airport were cut after a digger trying to extract kauri logs cut the oil pipeline from Marsden Point near Ruakaka on Thursday.
Some 27 flights have been cancelled in the last 24 hours, and Air New Zealand has now posted a list of a further 18 over the next two days.
Four flights between Auckland and Australia have been cancelled along with 14 domestic New Zealand flights that were scheduled for tonight, Monday and Tuesday.
A message posted on the Air New Zealand website says all airlines operating into and out of Auckland Airport are affected by the damage to the pipeline.
Damage to a fuel pipeline running from the Marsden Point refinery near Whangarei is causing a major shortage at Auckland Airport. Photo / Supplied
"Air New Zealand is currently working through the implications for its operations over coming days and is putting a range of measures in place," it said.
Measures include cancelling some domestic and Tasman services "to consolidate passenger loads", making sure domestic planes take as much fuel as possible in Wellington or Christchurch, and requiring some long-haul services to or from Asia and North America to refuel in Australia or in the Pacific.
