NZ-Aus travel bubble could provide template for rest of the world
18 Apr, 2021 01:53 AM
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The aviation industry around the world will be keeping an eye on what happens in New Zealand and Australia. Photo / File
The aviation industry around the world will be keeping an eye on what happens in New Zealand and Australia. Photo / File
Financial Times
OPINION: The launch of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand could provide a template for elsewhere in the world and pave the way for an airline industry recovery, according to the countries leading carriers.
However, cash-strapped Air New Zealand and Qantas Airways have warned that delays in Covid-19 vaccinations in both nations threatened to upend the resumption of international flights to parts of the world that are struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines have received the green light from the consumer watchdog to expand their partnership to cover 41 regional domestic routes and two short-range international routes.
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