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Sydney domestic traffic hit post-COVID high before borders shut
/Sydney Airport’s domestic passenger traffic hit a post-COVID high of 308,000 in November, before borders slammed shut the following month.
Read moreAir New Zealand flies first ‘travel bubble’ route to Brisbane
/The news comes months after the first one-way trans-Tasman ‘travel bubble’ opened allowing Kiwis to enter Australia without quarantine.
Read moreVictoria unlikely to lift NSW border until end of January
/ | 1 Comment on Victoria unlikely to lift NSW border until end of JanuaryVictoria’s health minister Martin Foley has said it’s “unlikely” the state’s hard border with NSW will open until the end of January.
Read moreAir New Zealand crew overnight in Hawaii to stop COVID leakage
/ | 3 Comments on Air New Zealand crew overnight in Hawaii to stop COVID leakageAir New Zealand crew flying to LA and San Francisco will now overnight in Hawaii in a bid to reduce COVID infection.
Read morePodcast: When and how will international travel return to Australia?
/Host Phil Tarrant and guest Adam Thorn talk about how politics, science and aviation will collide in 2021.
Read moreMcCormack slaps down Qantas’ international flight plans
/ | 19 Comments on McCormack slaps down Qantas’ international flight plansDeputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has issued what appears to be a stinging rebuke of Qantas’ decision to sell international tickets for travel from 1 July. In a terse statement sent to the media on Tuesday afternoon, McCormack said, “International borders will be opened when international arrivals do not pose a risk to Australians. Decisions
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