The airline decided: No food and drinks during the flight, so they will not remove masks

Air New Zealand opens 2022 with a surprising change of policy on domestic flights: "We want passengers to stay with the masks on them throughout the flight"

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31/12/2021

Friday, December 31, 2021, 5:00 p.m.

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Airlines are looking for any way to enforce the wearing of the masks during the flight, and has increased to do Air New Zealand company which has announced that it will stop serving food and drink to passengers so that they will not have an excuse to take off the masks.

This decision will take effect immediately upon the entry of 2022 and will be activated on all domestic flights within New Zealand.

To the delight of the passengers, these are mostly short local flights, with the longest between Auckland and Ebenkergil taking less than two hours.

The company explained that these were precautionary measures to rule out the possibility that passengers would remove the masks during the flight: "Masks are one of the keys to limiting the spread, so these changes will allow passengers to stay with the masks on throughout the flight while being as safe and protected as possible."

A light snack will only be served as the passengers get off the plane.

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The eating glasses will also not be served (Photo: Official Website, Air New Zealand)

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Despite this, so far no people have been found infected with it.

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