The move is long-awaited after Rex first announced in May 2020 that it was gearing up to rival Qantas and Virgin to take on domestic routes between capital cities, with the airline initially eyeing off routes within the “golden triangle”.
Fully vaccinated international students arriving into NSW under a pilot program next month will not be required to undergo any length of quarantine, the NSW government has announced.
Minister for Defence Peter Dutton confirmed this commitment in discussions had last week with his Vietnamese counterpart, Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang.
Speaking at an online event on Wednesday, Sharp argued that Bonza is still in the process of obtaining its Air Operators Certificate from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority - a process that he says often takes in excess of 12 months.
Plans for a quarantine facility that would facilitate the return of international students at Parafield Airport have now been scrapped, as South Australia prepares to instead welcome back students from overseas with no quarantine requirements.
In May this year, Hrdlicka suggested that once Australia hits major vaccination targets, the country will have to reopen its international borders, even if “some people may die”.