Airline passengers across Australia face travel chaos today because of strike action, and transtasman flights are also affected with a dozen cancellations.
Air traffic controllers in Brisbane and Sydney walked off the job over pay claims and struck for five hours from midday New Zealand time.
Air New Zealand cancelled twelve flights between New Zealand centres and Sydney and Melbourne - and the only flights connecting to Brisbane have been brought forward or delayed.
The airline will put on four extra flights late this afternoon to accomodate affected passengers.
A spokesperson for Air New Zealand Mark Champion says passengers on other transtasman flights can expect delays of up to three hours.
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Cancelled flights include
- NZ151 Wellington to Melbourne departing 0600
- NZ141 Wellington to Sydney departing 0640
- NZ152 Melbourne to Wellington arriving 1450
- NZ142 Sydney to Wellington arriving 1425
- NZ121 Auckland to Melbourne departing 0545
- NZ127 Auckland to Melbourne departing departing 0930
- NZ124 Melbourne to Auckland arriving 1545
- NZ128 Melbourne to Auckland arriving 1800
- NZ 191 Chrischurch to Melbourne departing 0535
- NZ181 Christchurch to Sydney departing 0540
- NZ192 Melbourne to Christchurch arriving 1415
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