Photo: FilePassengers on the flight carrying the country's latest Covid-19 case have criticised what they say was Air New Zealand's lax attitude to fliers' safety. A flight attendant offered further reassurance saying people on the flight were assumed to be fit to travel. Danielle Blackwell, a New Zealand citizen returning to Auckland from Spain, sat elbow-to-elbow with other passengers on the Melbourne to Auckland flight last Saturday. "They gave you a new mask, hand sanitiser and gloves on each flight, and then it was like Air NZ didn't care," she said. She said Air NZ was following the advice of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Transport to keep customers and crew safe.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 18, 2020 16:30 UTC