{"id":385631,"date":"2026-03-12T23:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/air-new-zealand-cuts-1000-flights-fuel-price-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T23:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:36:28","slug":"this-airline-just-cut-thousands-of-flights-due-to-the-fuel-price-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=385631","title":{"rendered":"This Airline Just Cut Thousands Of Flights Due To The Fuel Price Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a consequence of the events unfolding in the Middle East<\/a><\/span>, Air New Zealand is reportedly planning to cut over a thousand flights in the coming months, citing the rising fuel prices and the economic impact it is having on the airline. While this only accounts for a small portion of the airline’s scheduled operations, the number of passengers impacted is quite significant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flights cut between now and early May account for 5% of the airline’s schedule, but impact over 40,000 passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19759,1395,396,476,1467,1695,294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2026-iran-crisis","category-air-new-zealand","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-fuel-cost","category-middle-east","category-new-zealand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t