An airport transfer people carrier picked us up at about 9:00 am, and Giacomo came round to wave us off. En route to the airport, we picked up a family who had also managed to book seats on the Air Malaysia flight out of Auckland bound for London.
It was odd to be able to chat with someone else finally and to hear about their lockdown experience. It turned out that they had spent it in a hired campervan!
Once at the airport, we were checked in and moved through to departures. It was surreal as everything was shut, and we were the only flight out of Auckland that day!