Two things rarely seen

Kinja'd!!! "Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
04/06/2020 at 20:51 • Filed to: Covid lyfe, Planelopnik, Luftansa

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Though not seen by me, except on the news. This is a press photo

A pair of Lufthansa 747 s at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand. R are not just beca u se they’re 747s, but beca u se Lufthansa doesn’t fly here and if they did it almost certainly wouldn’t be to Christchurch.

They’re part of the German government’s effort to repatriate citizens - we have wall to wall Ger ma n backpackers this time of year. The total repatriation program from NZ is 5 747 flights and 5 A380s, plus a number more going out via Air NZ.


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Kinja'd!!! gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
04/06/2020 at 21:10

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For an unusual seasonal flight, Frankfurt/W hitehorse.


Kinja'd!!! My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
04/06/2020 at 22:03

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My father and his wife returned from New Zealand about a week and a half ago. They caught one of the last American Airlines flights out of Auckland. They said the only way to get to Europe at that time was to go through Dubai. 


Kinja'd!!! Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > My X-type is too a real Jaguar
04/06/2020 at 22:14

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At the moment the only scheduled route is through Doha - Qatar is one of the few countries globally still open to transit passengers.

It’s one of the biggest problems NZ is facing in getting our own people home - there’s an awful lot of the world from which you can’t get here on a direct flight. Which is actually a blessing as much as a curse, f ro m where I’m standing. New Zealand has one of the most dispersed populations of any nation - typically something li ke 20% of NZ citizens are overseas - and given that we seem to be on course to stamp out Covid19 pretty effectively, a lot of those million or so Kiwis would no doubt like to come home. If they could manage it, they’d bring more coronavirus (and more de mand for housing, we l fare, etc ) with them than we can support.