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Share A Qantas plane will bring home the first group of Australians currently stranded in India (stock image) Mr O'Farrell added infected passengers and their family members would still be considered vulnerable and be given priority on future flights once they test negative. Around 10,000 Australians, permanent residents and immediate family members remain stranded in India, desperate to remain home. Around 1,000 of those stranded are identified as 'vulnerable.'  A Qantas plane departed Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before the federal...

Share on Twitter An aircraft due to bring home the first group of the 9000 Australians stranded in India will soon leave from the Northern Territory. The Qantas plane will depart Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before a federal government travel ban expires. The plane will return on Saturday morning to Darwin, where those on board will be transported to the Howard Springs quarantine facility just outside the city. READ MORE NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner confirmed on Friday the facility will be able to accommodate 2000 quar...

The Covid-19 infection rate among Australian citizens returning from India could be in the double digits when flights resume this weekend. About 200 repatriated Australians are expected to start two weeks' quarantine at Darwin's Howard Springs facility once the travel ban is lifted on May 15. They will be some of the most urgent and vulnerable cases among the 9000 Australians stranded in the coronavirus ravaged sub-continent, which has recorded more than 250,000 deaths. Northern Territory health officials are preparing for 10 per cent of passengers on Saturday's flight to be infected, five ti...

An aircraft due to bring home the first group of the 9,000 Australians stranded in coronavirus-ridden India will leave from the Northern Territory. The Qantas plane will depart Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before a federal government travel ban expires. The plane will return on Saturday morning to Darwin, where those on board will be transported to the Howard Springs quarantine facility just outside the city. NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner confirmed on Friday the facility will be able to accommodate 2,000 quarantining people a fortn...

Australia's tough border closure with India is working to reduce the number of positive coronavirus cases in Australia, Scott Morrison said today. Direct commercial flights from India were banned last week as the nation of 1.4 billion battles a surge in illnesses and death, with 357,229 fresh cases on Tuesday. Chartered rescue flights were suspended until May 15 after the Howard Springs quarantine facility near Darwin suffered an explosion of cases among returned travellers from India.  Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in Townsville, Mr Morrison said the travel ban was working to keep Au...