Virgin says it wonât fly Australia-New Zealand yet Straight after Jacinda Ardernâs announcement there would be a travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia, a problem became apparent.
Travel by Anton Nilsson 6th Apr 2021 4:07 PM New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced quarantine-free travel between her country and Australia later this month, but one major airline won t take part. Australians will have access to quarantine-free travel to New Zealand from 9.59pm AEST on Sunday, April 18, Ms Ardern said on Tuesday. But the airline Virgin Australia said in a statement immediately after Ms Ardern s press conference that it wouldn t sell tickets between the two countries until October 31.
New Zealand-Australia travel bubble starts April 19.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that a quarantine-free travel bubble from Australia can commence on April 19.
The Prime Minister said that at least two airlines – Air New Zealand and Qantas – are “very keen to start offering tickets”.
Air New Zealand said it is “pre-loading the bubbles for customers onboard its first quarantine-free flights across the ditch – 24,000 bottles in fact!”
From 19 April 2021, Air New Zealand will be ramping up flights between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown and eight of its Australian ports for the travel bubble
Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran says the airline is incredibly excited to have the border reopen to our Aussie neighbors.
New Zealand, Australia To Create Travel Bubble, Resume Quarantine-Free Travel
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New Zealand and Australia will allow quarantine-free travel between the two countries starting April 19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Tuesday.
Ardern called the new arrangement the Trans-Tasman bubble. The bubble will give our economic recovery a boost and represents a world leading arrangement of safely opening up international travel while continuing to pursue a strategy of elimination and keeping the virus out, Adern said at a press briefing Tuesday.
It s the first time since the pandemic required travel restrictions and border closures that conditions have been met allowing for passengers to fly between Australia and New Zealand without needing a 14-day quarantine.
Covid: New Zealand-Australia travel bubble to start on April 19
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Ardern urged Australians to take advantage of the bubble, with New Zealand’s ski season on the horizon.
New Zealand approved quarantine-free travel with Australia Tuesday, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying a two-way corridor for travel between the two largely Covid-free nations to begin on April 18.
Ardern said the conditions for starting to open up quarantine-free travel with Australia have been met.
“I can confirm that quarantine-free travel will begin in just under two weeks, at 11:59pm on April 18,” Ardern announced after the date was confirmed by her cabinet.
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New Zealand will allow Australian travellers to enter the country without mandatory hotel quarantine from April 19. Cabinet was presented with advice today that conditions for opening up quarantine-free travel with Australia had been met, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.