NSW: Jetstar in damage control after cancelling more flights

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2007
NSW: Jetstar in damage control after cancelling more flights

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - Qantas budget airline Jetstar is in damage control again after
two of its planes missed Sydney's landing curfews on Sunday night, delaying passengers
overnight and prompting the cancellation of an early morning flight.

It comes after about 300 Australians were stranded for two days at Honolulu airport
when their plane broke down and Jetstar botched attempts to get them home.

In the latest incident, a mechanical glitch on one of its planes caused a delay that
grew worse throughout Sunday, The Australian newspaper reports.

The knock-on effect led to the cancellation of flights from Avalon airport, near Geelong,
and from the Gold Coast because they were unable to reach Sydney before the city's 11pm
(AEST) flight curfew.

The delays meant a flight leaving Sydney for Hamilton Island at 6.55am (AEST) yesterday
had to be cancelled.

"We obviously had to put passengers and crew up overnight to our cost and move those
aircraft this morning," Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway told the newspaper.

"We did call-outs to passengers last evening from about 9.30pm (AEST) onwards because
we knew we weren't going to get one of the aircraft in, and we got in touch with over
two-thirds of the passengers."

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