Jetstar has cancelled a Christmas Day flight, disrupting passengers' plans

Flight JQ261 was scheduled to leave Auckland for Wellington at 3.10 this afternoon.

The flight has now been cancelled, according to Auckland Airport's online arrivals and departures board.

This follows flight delays and a cancellation on Christmas Eve.

Two Emirates/Qantas flights to Auckland from Dubai via Australia have been delayed.

Aucklander Lisa Wright said she and her husband were booked on the Jetstar flight to Wellington.

They were arranging a car park when they received notice of the cancellation by text from Jetstar and were able to book a flight scheduled to depart at 4pm

"It wasn't too bad a process getting another flight booked," said Wright. "They had a link in the email that you could click on and it gave you your options. You clicked on that, it didn't work so it took you through to a live-chat page where you interacted with a person; she rebooked us on the next flight.

"It was a bit of inconvenience at Christmas for my husband and I. We're off to see his family in Wellington. Dinner will be delayed a little bit."

Wright said Auckland Airport was surprisingly quiet this afternoon.