Hannah Dowling

Auckland Airport’s outgoing chief executive Adrian Littlewood has called on the New Zealand government to ease quarantine restrictions for fully-vaccinated Kiwis coming home.

Following the arrival of VH-OQB, Australian Aviation was invited to attend Qantas Hangar 96 to learn exactly how Qantas’ 12 A380 superjumbo aircraft were cared for during their 20-month-long hiatus in the Americas.

Watch as the first Qantas A380 to return to Australia from storage finally touched down in Sydney after nearly 19 hours in the air, ahead of its planned return to service in 2022.

The USAF bombers recently arrived in the Top End following a 6,000-kilometre journey from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

The federal government could ease travel restrictions for skilled migrants as soon as next month, which would see long-term visa holders return to Australia for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The first Qantas A380 to return to Australia from storage has finally touched down in Sydney after nearly 19 hours in the air, ahead of its planned return to service in 2022.