While many European countries are going the extra mile to repatriate their citizens from around the world, with the German government chartering Lufthansa planes, Britons stranded in New Zealand are having to pay exorbitant prices to catch one out of only a few available flights home.
The Guardian reported that tourists are faced with flight tickets of up to £40,000 from Auckland to London. The UK embassy and consular services in New Zealand shut their doors last week, so desperate travellers stuck in the country have nowhere to go.
There are an estimated 6,000 Britons left on the island.
The newspaper quoted that a Foreign Office spokesperson was “working around the clock to support British travellers”.
