Australian Aviation

Hosts Phil Tarrant and Adam Thorn celebrate, if not the very end of the pandemic, then certainly the moment the corner has been turned, as commercial international flights return to Australia.

The office also reported a strong uptake in the newly introduced digital International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate for overseas travel, with more than 717,500 certificates in the two weeks since the certificate was introduced.

Joyce clarified that by mid-2022, the airline will aim to be servicing all routes on its pre-COVID network, however with less frequency and smaller aircraft, before conditions improve into 2023.

QF1 is the first Qantas International flight to leave the country since the government lifted the national travel ban, and NSW, Victoria and the ACT all reopened their borders to fully-vaccinated Australians.

The latest updates as Australia’s international travel ban lifts and Qantas readies for its first long-haul, commercial international flight since the start of the COVID crisis.

Singapore Airlines has celebrated the reopening of Australia’s international borders, and welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to introduce a quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore from 21 November.