Air New Zealand has announced a new trial to test eco-serviceware in its international economy cabins, set to reduce plastic use and carbon emissions.
Australians overseas hoping to come home before Christmas are set to be disappointed as airlines slash flight schedules and cancel flights, to navigate significantly reduced arrival caps.
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp said that airlines can’t just implement new policies overnight, so the government needs to be providing certainty now.
The Flying Kangaroo will endeavour on a nearly 18-hour trip on 5 October, when it performs a repatriation flight from Buenos Aires in Argentina to Darwin - via the South Pole.
Flight SQ7297 from Melbourne to Singapore and its crew narrowly avoided being caught in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Melbourne and its surrounding regions just three minutes after departure
The sales come as Australians look ahead towards the inevitable easing of state border restrictions, with current modelling suggesting that the nation could fully re-open by Christmas.