{"id":8554,"date":"2020-08-24T23:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T04:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8554"},"modified":"2020-08-24T23:51:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T04:51:39","slug":"air-new-zealand-update-following-alert-level-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8554","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand Update Following Alert Level Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8211; Air\u00a0New\u00a0Zealand is supportive of today&#8217;s news mandating the wearing of masks or face coverings on public transport, including aircraft, from Monday 31 August due to Covid-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tweaked-DC8-.75-1024x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tweaked-DC8-.75-1024x395.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tweaked-DC8-.75-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tweaked-DC8-.75-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tweaked-DC8-.75.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Air&nbsp;New&nbsp;Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran says customers flying from Auckland have been required to wear masks while it has been at Alert Level 3 and it has been recommended for customers travelling from other ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will now start to review our domestic network and will be contacting customers who may be affected by the extension of current Alert Levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We understand the impacts these disruptions cause to our customers and we&#8217;ll do our best to get our customers to where they need to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fare flexibility is still in place and the airline encourages those who no longer wish to fly to opt to hold their fare in credit through its online booking tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline has been operating a reduced domestic schedule to and from Auckland while it has been at Alert Level 3. 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