Kiwi man Kepa Harris, 29, faces a month eating pizza or subway in Sao Paulo's transit lounge after being denied entry to his connecting flight back to New Zealand. A spokeswoman for Woods' office also this afternoon confirmed Harris' flight shouldn't have been affected by the announcement. He ended up getting stuck there because of Covid-19 and his return flight with Latam Airlines was cancelled in May. However, when contacted today, an Air NZ spokeswoman said the flight from Sydney was still operating and Harris' situation was out of their hands. "We can also see this customer was due to fly on Air New Zealand flight NZ104 between Sydney and Auckland tomorrow – again this flight was booked through Qatar Airways.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2020 02:03 UTC