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Flights from India to Australia to become harder.

The National Cabinet (The forum of the prime minister and all Australian state and territory premiers and chief ministers), has announced a temporary reduction to the number of incoming flights from India amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases in returning passengers. This is not yet in effect, … Read the rest

Quarantine in Australia even for Domestic Flights

Quarantine in Australia can come at a moments notice.

An example of this happened with passengers on Qantas flight QF778 being being told to isolate for 14 days, after one passenger was found to be positive for COVID-19.

The COVID positive man travelled from Perth to Melbourne on April 21, … Read the rest

Weighing Airline Passengers

Airlines sometimes weigh passengers, so they can update average weight figures.

In New Zealand “A customer and crew weight survey is completed every five years to meet regulatory requirements.” This is currently happening in New Zealand.

Qantas was doing this on some flights a few years ago.

Hawaiian … Read the rest

Overseas Arrivals to Australia in March 2021

There were 32,900 estimated overseas arrivals to Australia in March 2021.

14,300 Australian citizens (43%).
6,700 permanent residents (20%).
5,100 New Zealand citizens (15%).
6,900 temporary visa holders (21%).

Main nationalities of the non-Australian arrivals, in March 2021:

5,100 New Zealand
2,000 India
1,300 China
1,000 UK
750 USA
520

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COVID-19 Testing for international travellers to Australia.

All people travelling to Australia on flights departing on or after 22 January 2021 (local time at departure point) must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test result at the time of check-in.

They are also still required to undertake the 14 days mandatory quarantine on … Read the rest

Flight Costs New Delhi to Melbourne

I was checking some Flight Costs to compare to another post, and found the following, that I thought might be worthwhile sharing.

Flight Costs from New Delhi to Melbourne in April 2021

These are One-Way tickets, and are almost certainly not direct flights.

13 Apr $4,333
14 Apr $4,253
15

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International Flights Resume to Melbourne, Victoria.

With hotel quarantine being resumed in Melbourne, the State is now welcoming international arrivals again.

International Passenger Flights into Melbourne began again on 8th April 2021, after being suspended in mid February.

The first flight arrived about 4:30 in the morning, with 11 arrivals from Sri Lanka.

More flights arrived … Read the rest

Coming to Australia during COVID-19 Restrictions

Coming to Australia during COVID-19 Restrictions February 2021

In February 2021 there were about 25,800 arrival trips into Australia. 11,500 of these were Australian citizens returning home, and 14,320 being foreign citizens.

During the COVID-19 restrictions there are caps on the numbers of passengers coming into Australian airports from overseas. … Read the rest

Quarantine in Two States with Connecting Flights

Question:

I have been perusing different websites re when and where to quarantine on a connecting flight. (its too early to find out as we are not going to fly any time soon, but I thought to get as much info now so that when the time comes we are … Read the rest