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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lifted the country's travel ban to a level four, the highest, advising Australians not to leave the country.
The Federal government has announced that $715 million in fees and industry levies for Australian airlines will be waived in a relief package aimed to help them through major hits to tourism from global COVID-19 travel bans.
The Virgin Australia Group has suspended all international flights from 30 March to 14 June, and will reduce domestic capacity by 50 per cent for the same time period.
Qantas shares held remarkably firm on Tuesday despite the airline announcing it was to cut international capacity by 90 per cent earlier in the day.
Air New Zealand will reduce many of its trans-Tasman services to just two flights a week and has suspended some altogether, despite suggesting yesterday no routes would be axed.
The Australian Airports Association has urged the industry to keep building runways and terminal infrastructure ready for a post-coronavirus rebound.
