Mountain Scene
July 4, 2021
By MATTHEW MCKEW
Bus drivers who worked throughout lockdown are questioning why they’re not good enough for vaccine priority, as they transport hundreds a day from Queenstown Airport.
It comes after cabbies headed to medical centres last week, after
Mountain Scene’s front page drew attention to those missed out by earlier communications with Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC).
It transpires taxi drivers were eligible to book for a vaccine, as ‘‘ground transport operators’’ and part of the wider airport community, but faulty or incorrect email addresses meant that advice hadn’t been received by two major cab companies.