Cat fight accelerates between JQ and NZ over ash

Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan has accelerated the 'cat fight' over Air New Zealand flying under and around the ash cloud, while Jetstar cancelled its services, with comments made while holidaying in Queenstown.

“I wouldn’t [fly Air NZ] because I sit there with the best experts in the world, telling me what the safety risks are,” Buchanan says. 

Air New Zealand through PR boss Mark Street have hit back at Mr Buchanan

“If the parent company of his organisation is saying it’s unsafe to fly, why are they rebooking their passengers onto other carriers?
“It doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

 Read more of Mr Buchanan's comments and Air New Zealand's counter comments from scene.co.nz Queenstown reporter Philip Chandler HERE