Celiacs beware of NZ Air

Posted by frann on March 27th, 2008 at 06:03pm

Travellers with celiac disease or other forms of gluten intolerance should be careful if they are planning a visit to New Zealand, particularly if they are going to be travelling from one island to the other by air. The main carrier in NZ, Air New Zealand has just announced that they will no longer be providing gluten free meals on flights, according to this post on Yahoo Answers.

Not only will gluten free meals not be available, but there will be no reduction in ticket price for those passengers who won’t therefore be able to eat the food. So if you are going to be travelling by Air New Zealand, and you can’t eat gluten, best take a packed lunch. Be extra nice to the staff - it isn’t their fault, and if their employer is like this with paying customers, it’s likely their work conditions are not the greatest in the world.

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