New Zealand s travel bubble with Australia has led to an effective blocking of one of the major routes Kiwis were able to use to return home amid the pandemic.
The bubble, which comes into effect on April 19, will mean that people in Australia will be able to board green quarantine-free flights, as long as they have been in Australia for the past 14 days.
But the majority of red flights from Australia – which carry passengers who don t meet those requirements and are required to enter managed isolation or quarantine on arrival in New Zealand – will cease from April 19.
This means there will be fewer options for returning Kiwis who are transiting in Australia from further abroad.
16 April, 2021, 6:52 pm
Members of the Fiji Airways Fijian Drua side during their captains run at Churchill Park in Lautoka. Picture: BALJEET SINGH/FILE
THE inclusion of the Fijian Drua team into Super Rugby competition from next year is a financial and economic saviour for Fiji amidst the global infection of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiji’s participation in the annual tournament, regarded as the most entertaining rugby competition on the planet, is expected to rake in more than $15 million annually to the country.
New Zealand Rugby, on Wednesday, announced that a conditional licence has been awarded to the Fijian Drua, which will be a separate entity from the Fiji Rugby Union, to play in the Super Rugby competition from 2022 onwards.
New Zealand s travel bubble with Australia has led to an effective blocking of one of the major routes Kiwis were able to use to return home amid the pandemic. The bubble, which comes into effect on April 19, will mean that people in Australia will be able to board “green” quarantine-free flights, as long as they have been in Australia for the past 14 days. But “red flights” from Australia – which carry passengers who don’t meet those requirements and are required to enter managed isolation or quarantine on arrival in New Zealand – will cease from April 19.
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No red flights will be operating from Australia to New Zealand once the trans-Tasman bubble commences.
A new trans-Tasman travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand could have devastating unintended consequences for Kiwis trying to return home.
New Zealand will welcome back Australians back for the first time in 13 months when the long awaited travel bubble between the two countries takes off in the coming days following the coronavirus pandemic.
From Monday, travellers in Australia can board quarantine-free green flights across the Tasman if they have been in Australia for the last 14 days prior.
But red flights from Australia carrying passengers who must enter quarantine when they arrive in New Zealand will end, leaving no options for returning Kiwis transiting in Australia from further abroad - which is a very common way for them to get home.
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