Can I seek compensation for this?
Hello, r /legal
This situation all went down in LOCATION: New Zealand am I am seeking advice on the matter. Essentially on May 15th we had a flight booked with Jetstar one way from Christchurch to Auckland that was canceled just 2 and a half ish hours before take off. The reason given was weather however no other airline had any difficulty with weather when it came to taking off and landing although the morning melbourne flight took off (Air NZ and Qantas had no problems). As such I genuinely believe they stated weather when in reality it was rather a completely different issue entirely but under New Zealand law weather is considered out of the control of the airline. Essentially what I am alleging is that to some extent that Jetstar canceled their flights for any other issue than weather and my evidence is the successful operations of other airlines on the same routes and the same times. We did book a return flight on Air NZ and pay for airport parking so we would be moving for full compensation as we were unable to make use of the services due to Jetstars cancelation. Is there a case to be made?
I understand this subreddit is mainly American based but I would love some advice regardless, thank you.