Fuel crisis in Auckland means diversions for long haul

Travellers heading out of Auckland will have some of their flights cancelled again tomorrow and ticket sales will be restricted, as the airlines deal with the ongoing fuel shortage. The shortage is due to a pipeline that supplies fuel to Auckland Airport being shut off over the weekend after a leak was discovered on Thursday. Air New Zealand also confirmed today it was sending a Boeing 777-200 aircraft to Wellington with just the pilots on board to fill up and return to Auckland for further long-haul flights.

For the second day in a row Brisbane has had diversions due to a fuel crisis in Auckland.
Flights that diverted to Brisbane today are

New Zealand 99   Auckland - Tokyo B787-9 ZK-NZE
New Zealand 245 Auckland - Denpasar B787-9 ZK-NZI
Thai 492 Auckland - Bangkok B777-3AL HS-TKO
and
Cathay 198 Auckland - Hong Kong A350-9 B-LRF

Yesterdays Cathay A350 which landed in Brisbane ended up going tech and is still on the ground today.

CATHAY A350-941 B-LRI (CN 58)

YESTERDAY'S FLIGHT GONE TECH

After work I went out to get a photo of the A350, which is a very rare "daylight" sight for Brisbane. While I was there todays A350 departed as well.

CATHAY A350-941 B-LRF (CN 46)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZB (CN 39360)

HIGH SPEED WiFi ON BOARD

MINEROLOGY MD 82 VP-CBH (CN 53577)

MINEROLOGY MD 82 VP-CBI (CN 53581)