The industry body representing international airlines predicts it would take its members six months to return all citizens stranded abroad.
Air New Zealand has confirmed masks will now be mandatory on all flights after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Kiwis to wear them on public transport.
TWU members protested at Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide airports today at Qantas decision to potentially cut a further 2,500 jobs.
Authorities said emergency services tackling the blaze near Humpty Doo in the NT were already contending with probably the worst fire weather in a decade.
Sydney Airport's CEO Geoff Culbert told staff on Thursday morning he “fought hard for every job” and that he was “truly sorry”.
The head of Qantas’ pilots’ association, the AIPA, has echoed chief executive Alan Joyce’s calls for a national consensus on state border closures.