Travel Exemption Request Statistics

Travel Exemption Request Statistics August 2020 to April 2021.

Between 1 August 2020 and 25 April 2021 there were 208,791 Outbound travel requests lodged, for Citizens and visa holders to leave Australia.

Main destinations for the 208,791 Outbound travel requests.

  • 25,443 to go to India
  • 21,547 to go to China
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Singapore Airlines cancels flights to Australia.

Singapore Airlines flights to Australia.

In the middle of 2021, Singapore and Australia began discussing a quarantine free travel corridor between the two countries, and Singapore Airlines subsequently added dozens of additional flights to Australia over the next few months.

The quarantine free travel corridor did not materialise.

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Incoming Flight Caps September 2021

Incoming Flight Caps from early September 2021.

There are temporary caps on the numbers of passengers coming into Australian airports from overseas.

Returning Australians will continue to be prioritised for places in quarantine.

Each State has determined how many overseas arrivals it can accommodate in their Hotel Quarantine locations, and … Read the rest

Australians to Return with Home Quarantine

The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has indicated that Australians who are currently stuck overseas, will soon be able to return to Australia, with Home Quarantine being available instead of using the Hotel Quarantine system.

One condition being that they are fully vaccinated, presumably with the equivalent of the authorised … Read the rest

Australian Travel ban extended to December 2021.

Travel Ban Extension September 2021.

Australia’s travel ban has been extended again, for another 3 months, until 17 December 2021.

The ban has been in place since March 2020, being extended just about every 3 months.

Qantas has already listed flights to Singapore, London, Los Angeles and Vancouver from 18 … Read the rest

NSW Cuts Overseas Arrivals Again.

NSW Cuts Overseas Arrivals from 1,500 to 750 per week.

New South Wales cut their intake of overseas arrivals into Sydney Airport, from 3,000 down to 1,505 per week, from earlier in the year.

From 8th September 2021, NSW will further cut these overseas arrivals down to about 750 per … Read the rest

How Long Can an Australian Citizen Stay Out of Australia?

Does an Australian Citizen need a visa?

I was recently asked why an Australian citizen needed a visa to return to Australia.

That question threw me totally, as an Australian citizen does not need a visa.

But that person had read on the internet that they did. I found it … Read the rest

Overseas Australians will be unable to return AND leave again.

All Australians will soon be unable to return AND leave again.

On Wednesday, 11th August 2021, the travel rules for Australians who live overseas wil be changed.

The original rules, for travel exemptions for Australians returning to, and leaving, Australia, apparently had an unintended loophole.

This loophole allowed Australians who … Read the rest

Flights: China to Australia, April 2021.

Passenger numbers – China to Australia in April 2021.

In April 2021, China Southern Airlines operated 16 return flights to Australia, from Guangzhou, China.

Passenger numbers on these flights totalled:

  • 97 passengers into Australia
  • 2,355 passengers back to Guangzhou.

This averaged:

  • 6 passengers per flight, China to Australia.
  • 147 passengers
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18,000 airline tickets to Australia cancelled.

18,000 airline tickets to Australia cancelled?

News reports are saying that 18,000 airline tickets to Australia will be cancelled worldwide, due to the recent reduction in numbers allowed into Australia.

The industry body representing international airlines, Airline Representatives of Australia, said 18,000 Australians will be removed from flights due … Read the rest