Australia will support India while suspending flights Australia will support India while suspending flights 27 April 2021 Our neighbours are following suit by temporarily pausing commercial flights from the South Asian country until May 15. It impacts two services into Sydney and two repatriation flights to Darwin, affecting about five-hundred people. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says scenes out of India are 'truly heartbreaking'. He says there are significant shortages of PPE, medical equipment and oxygen supplies -- and production capabilities are suffering. Scott Morrison says they want to reach out and support India with an initial package -- 500 thousand P2 and N95 masks and 100 oxygen concentrators along with tanks.