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by _fat_santa 1785 days ago
If the guy was going there for a vacation, yes I would 100% agree with your sentiment. But from the story it sounds like his son had to be medivaced from Fiji.

Since this is a medical emergency I would imagine that they would grant this to whoever, not just Page.

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Yes. Im sure they charter 4200 kilometer medevac flights for anybody, while country is on total lock down, and the emergency is so urgent whole thing takes >24 hours before the flight even takes off.

>“The day after the application was received, a New Zealand air ambulance staffed by a New Zealand ICU nurse-escort medevaced the child and an adult family member from Fiji to New Zealand,”

https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-z...

Reminder, Sydney is merely 1 hour extra flight time away and borders were wide open in January.