There is concern about the availability of hotel quarantine places.
New Zealand has joined the Australian state of New South Wales in limiting the number of international passengers arriving at its airports.
The move is due to concern about the availability of hotel quarantine places, as more New Zealanders and Australians return home amid theBoth countries are only open to citizens, residents and their families, and all arrivals must spend 14 days in isolation or quarantine - depending on whether or not they haveNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she does not want quarantine facilities overwhelmedlimiting the number of arriving passengers to 450 per dayThat move came amid growing...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said:"We have people showing up at airports, and by the time they close the doors that's when we'll get a heads-up that we have an extra 100 people coming than we had planned for." Air New Zealand said it was not allowing any new bookings for the three-week period and that flights already booked could be subject to change.
Singapore Airlines spokesman Karl Schubert said they were monitoring passenger numbers and would make adjustments"to ensure we do not contribute to an overwhelming of facilities".
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