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Old Jun 29, 2018 | 4:49 am
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samyoull
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Originally Posted by garykung
The problem is there are many islands/atolls in the Pacific Ocean that are controlled by the U.S. In addition, despite being international airspace, many airspaces within the Pacific Ocean are under the U.S. control. IMHO - I would say NZ will impose the 21 limit almost the entire way to AKL once departed.
While this may be technically correct, in practice it is flat out wrong.

I was 20 for my first flight in BP and was happily served a PDB and the full wine pairing. Was also definitely served beer on AKL-SIN when I was 16 too...

OTOH I've been asked for proof of age a number of times at the AKL Koru bar.
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