Australian Aviation

Qantas has officially announced it will bring forward its planned restart date for international flights to 1 November, following the NSW government’s decision to allow quarantine-free travel from this date to fully vaccinated Australians.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that foreign tourists will not yet be granted permission to travel to Australia on 1 November, despite NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet seemingly suggesting they could. 

The union, which represents over 90,000 transport workers across Australia, has warned that without quarantine or rapid testing, the virus will spread quickly and plunge the industry back into a shutdown.

Qantas has officially offloaded all 13.8 hectares of surplus land it had for sale in Mascot to a consortium led by LOGOS Property Group.

The new rules appear to be a slight deviation from the national plan announced by the Prime Minister earlier this month, which specified a seven-day period of home quarantine for returned travellers.

Australia’s economy domestic airfares have reached their lowest level since 2012, as airlines release a slew of cheap tickets to lure in customers despite ongoing border restrictions.