Tearful reunions set as New Zealand/Australia travel bubble opens
Tearful reunions set as New Zealand/Australia travel bubble opens Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 9:03AM
Travellers checking in at Auckland Airport, bound for Australia under the renewed, quarantine-less bubble arrangement. Photo / Juliette Sivertsen
Tearful reunions set as New Zealand/Australia travel bubble opens Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 9:03AM
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Breakfast she was looking forward to seeing family and friends reunited as the trans-Tasman bubble opens today.
Today 2000 New Zealanders would head off shore and 3000 would arrive in the country. That s really positive for us as we really want the inward flow to stimulate the economy.
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Covid-19 coronavirus: First commercial flight to land in Queenstown in 387 days
18 Apr, 2021 08:18 PM
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Otago Daily Times
Scheduled international passenger flights to the southern South Island resume today with a single flight from Sydney to Queenstown.
Qantas QF121 is scheduled to land at Queenstown Airport at 2.30pm, 387 days since the last commercial passenger flight landed in the resort.
That flight had only a single passenger, but the Airbus A320 arriving today is expected to be carrying more than 100 people.
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The aircraft will take off for Sydney an hour later.
With quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia able to start at 11.59pm yesterday, today s flight is a milestone in the southern region s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Tearful reunions set as NZ/Australia travel bubble opens
18 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kiwi travellers share their excitement as they prepare to board the first flights to Australia under the Trans-Tasman travel bubble.
Audio / Sophie Trigger
Kiwi travellers share their excitement as they prepare to board the first flights to Australia under the Trans-Tasman travel bubble.
Audio / Sophie Trigger
NZ Herald
Today 2000 New Zealanders would head off shore and 3000 would arrive in the country. That s really positive for us as we really want the inward flow to stimulate the economy.
Ardern expected family and friends would be the first to make the most of the new bubble rules but that tourism would follow after.
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