Qantas has hinted it could permanently scrap using Perth as a transit hub for flights between London and both Sydney and Melbourne.
NSW has already confirmed intrastate travel will resume when 80 per cent of its state’s residents have been double-vaccinated, while Victoria has suggested it will open its borders at the same point.
Air New Zealand has added an additional 25 ‘red’ quarantine flights from Australia in January, as New Zealand gives no hints when it might lift the pause on the trans-Tasman bubble.
The flight crossed in Australian airspace at 5:28pm AEDT on Wednesday, and landed in Darwin at 6:39pm local time, after skirting the edge of Antarctica on its way from Argentina.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, VH-ZNH, took off from the Argentinian capital at 12:44pm local time as QF14, and began its 18-hour journey, bringing stranded Australians in South America back home.
Speaking to journalists at the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting, Joyce revealed a few new details on what the future of travelling internationally will look like for Australians.