Christchurch Airport has welcomed an unusual visitor to these shores – South African Airways (SAA) Flight SA2984 from Johannesburg. The A346 touched down on the South Island at 11.45am on Tuesday morning after a 12-hour 42-minute journey, according to FlightAware. Christchurch Airport Not every day you see three German planes in Christchurch. The airline joins a list of unlikely visitors to Christchurch since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. German airlines Lufthansa and Condor, as well as the likes of Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines, have all journeyed to the South Island to take thousands of people back home on mercy flights.

Source: Stuff September 08, 2020 02:34 UTC