7 Jul 2020

Air NZ will limit number of New Zealanders on flights

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 7 July 2020

Air New Zealand has frozen bookings for people entering New Zealand to ensure there's enough space for them at quarantine and isolation hotels.

Passengers sitting at a distance from each other on an Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Queenstown on 14 May,

Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon

The Minister responsible for those facilities, Megan Woods, says more people than anticipated have been arriving at the border.

Māni Dunlop spoke to RNZ's political reporter, Charlie Dreaver.