AUCKLAND – Air New Zealand resumed services to all airports on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle led to 821 flight cancellations.

About 49,000 customers were affected.

The airline experienced minor disruptions in the morning during the resumption of services as it worked through operationalising the routes, it said.

The nation’s biggest carrier was on Tuesday forced to halt domestic and international operations from Auckland because of increased gusty winds in the afternoon, which also led to a further 300 cancelled services.

“With aircraft and crew displaced around the network, our morning operations were a little bumpy. But we are largely back in the swing of things today,” the airline’s chief customer and sales officer Leanne Geraghty said.

The cyclone moved away from New Zealand on Wednesday.

The authorities have begun to assess the impact of floods, landslides and high winds that left three people dead and displaced thousands from their homes.

This is the second weather event to hit the country, and has caused significant flooding in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city.

The carrier also said it added extra services to multiple cities to its international network, as well as additional domestic services between Christchurch and Auckland. REUTERS