School's back and the backlog of stranded passengers at airports around the country is finally clearing with the last 100 or so people on flights home tonight.
Air New Zealand was forced to put on extra flights and bigger planes to clear the logjam caused by a combination of bad weather and crew shortages.
Lisa Owen asked the airline's chief customer and sales officer Leanne Geraghty how many flights they'd been forced to cancel during the school holidays.
