Air New Zealand formally declared to restart its Auckland - Shanghai flight route since June 2020 and the first flight just took off at 23:00, June 22 from Auckland, and landed in Shanghai at 7:15 a.m. the next morning. The resume of the flight offers great convenience for passengers from both countries.

Since June, Air New Zealand has resumed the service at more than 20 air terminals in China and more flights will be put into use in July and August, which will account for about 55% of the flights before the epidemic period. To ensure the safety of passengers, all the airports, VIP lounges, and cabins have been disinfected and hand sanitizers, medical gloves, and disposable masks are provided on the plane. Also, the advanced air filtration system that can filter viruses is equipped.

Since June 16, a lot of flights bound for Beijing and depart from Beijing have been canceled because Beijing has raised its emergency response level due to the recent new cases of the coronavirus outbreak. So far (June 17), Beijing Capital Airport has canceled 722 flights while more than 400 flights of Beijing Daxing Airport have been suspended. The resume time is still uncertain.

At present, some Chinese air companies like Air China and China Southern Airlines have brought out the policy to return full refunds to passengers of canceled flights without any service charge. Passengers who have booked the flights from/to Beijing should contact your airlines timely to get your refund and try to avoid any trip to Beijing during this period.