Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
If you have a viable option to get out I would consider it. To date repatriation flight options seem to be limited to routes with lots of people with the same nationality to make it worthwhile, so ex-RUH seems unlikely.
QR is still flying to AKL (they have almost as many international flights to NZ as Air NZ at the moment!), but don't know how long they will keep doing so.
I was surprised they didn't work out something via Dubai. Kuwait and Doha seemed a bit odd.
The direct Qatar flight appears to be ending on 16 April. The SafeTravel email doesn't give a date for the proposed flights but suggests on the proposed day I would need to go via Australia. If that's the case, I'm hoping it'll be sometime after the 16th as that should give me time to finish most of what I need to do here.
Another contingency plan I was thinking about was assuming Saudi to London commercial flights resume and UK keeps their border open, that could be an option to at least get out of Saudi on the assumption that a UK to NZ link will be a priority to get back up and running if returning via Dubai and/or Asia isn't an option.