Adam Thorn

Air New Zealand crew flying to LA and San Francisco will now overnight in Hawaii in a bid to reduce COVID infection.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has issued what appears to be a stinging rebuke of Qantas’ decision to sell international tickets for travel from 1 July. In a terse statement sent to the media on Tuesday afternoon, McCormack said, “International borders will be opened when international arrivals do not pose a risk to Australians. Decisions

The three-times weekly service will run for an initial three month period over the summer, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Qantas has now restarted selling tickets across its entire global network for routes departing after 1 July.

Worried students trying to contact collapsed flight school Soar Aviation are being told the business won’t be responding to messages.

The government has announced it is to purchase an additional two P-8A Poseidons, taking Australia’s total fleet to 14.