Originally Posted by
an.other
It's the sort of amateur hour I've come to expect from NZ.
Plan to a mid point destination but fill the tanks full of fuel (e.g. Nadi), depending on the burn either splash and dash or replan the destination as Auckland. Also, until you've flow it a bit and got real world data, be conservative and block out seats.
This should never happen.
And the media, including Australian Aviation are saying that this casts a shadow over QF's JFK-AKL - well, no, because for a start, the QF 789s have about 50 less seats than the NZ ones to begin with. It's something like 220 (QF) vs 275 (NZ).