Emirates pulled the Dubai flight a few months ago and consolidated in Glasgow, pity. Doha the longest haul inbound just now.
Comparisons with NZ would be great but they're not entirely valid. NZ is an island ( or 2), Scotland is not. NZ have full control over every aspect of their government and how they operate as a society, Scotland does not.
I'm not a massive fan of The SNP or Sturgeon, although I would have her run Scotland over any of the alternatives available. That's not to say she hasn't made mistakes. As far as I can see, initially going along with the xmas break was just dumb, but I guess there was a degree of being boxed in financially by Westminster, I also think she would have made significantly different choices since the summer if she was financially able to...building sites being a prime example. I know quite alot of tradesmen and they all say the same thing- it's impossible to socially distance on medium to large sites.
I've not really watched news or current affairs for months, so I could be totally wrong in my point of view on Sturgeon, but I think if Scotland had control over all aspects of a normal independent country, our reaction to covid would have been significantly different and our death rates would have been alot lower.