Mohd Faiz Mustaffa has been struggling to get an explanation for why the first leg of his round-ticket flight has been cancelled, but not the return trip.

China has reported 807 locally transmitted Covid infections for Aug 7, of which were 324 symptomatic and 483 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission says.

The move comes days after Macau started to unwind stringent anti-Covid rules, including the resumption of travel to Zhuhai without quarantine from Aug 3.

The airspace involved is comparatively small, but the disruption is hampering travel between Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.

Unhappy passengers recount their experiences with the budget airline, from problems with refunds to just communicating with the company.

Uwe Guenther, from Zurich, Switzerland, says the tickets for his cancelled flight were resold at a higher price for an earlier time slot.

Several such outlets have sprung up across the capital since Thailand decriminalised the plant in June, a few weeks before it dropped Covid-linked controls on foreign visitors.

New Zealand's borders started reopening in February first for New Zealanders and restrictions have progressively eased.

It says the decision has stabilised its operations, but it is still struggling with a lack of ground handlers.

Indonesia, including popular tourist destination Bali, have recently had an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, raising the risk that the virus could reach New Zealand.

Airlines expect travel demand to hold up even in the second half of the year as there is little evidence of higher fares, persistently high inflation and rising interest rates curbing consumer spending.

Civil engineer Uwe Guenther says the amount credited to him is not even the full amount that he paid for the tickets.