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Kate Hawkesby: For all the people ‘hopping across the Tasman’ at the moment, I can tell you it’s not a hop
For all the people ‘hopping across the Tasman’ at the moment I can tell you one thing - it’s not a hop.
It used to be a short haul quick trip - painless. But these days it seems to be less painless and more painful.
I’m not sure who’s more at fault - Auckland Airport or Air New Zealand, or both. Of the three times I’ve crossed the Tasman in the last month; I’ve been held up on the tarmac or delayed every time - twice without any communication at all.
Once was a lengthy tarmac sit where they announced after an uncomfortably long wait - that there was an issue with the brakes needing fixing…
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