7 Dec 2022

Fears of flight disruptions as aviation fuel rationed

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 7 December 2022

The travel plans for thousands of holiday-makers could be up in the air due to a bad batch of imported jet fuel.

Airlines have been told they will receive 75 percent of what they'd planned to use out of Auckland Airport.

The supply chain hiccup has reignited criticism of the decision to close the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, which has left the country vulnerable to fuel shortages.

Ruth Hill reports.