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Air New Zealand restricts domestic flights to five cities
August 25th 2021
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has updated its domestic schedule to August 31, following the New Zealand government's announcement Auckland would remain under the country's strictest level of stay-at-home orders, Alert Level 4, until August 31. Read More » The rest of the country will be at Alert Level 4 until Friday. The limited schedule covers five cities in New Zealand – Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and Wellington – with one or two return flights on three and five routes scheduled for each day. On international routes, Air NZ said in a note to travel agents yesterday it planned to resume flights from Auckland to Perth from Sunday. However, the status of those flights was unclear as the West Australian government today said it was elevating New Zealand to "medium risk" due to escalating COVID-19 case numbers and reintroducing hard border arrangements with the country. This would mean travel from New Zealand would only be permitted for approved travellers under an exemption category.
