Pushka
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Yes cruising is different. however even in Australia the mask mandate mostly remains and RAT testing still currently required in Australia.I wonder if cruising is a bit different?
My experience is similar to @justinbrett
I have flown a few RTW trips in the past 6 months and not had to wear a mask at all unless I chose to do so.
Even the USA has ditched the vaccine requirement.
However there remain as recently as 2023, several countries where testing regimes is off putting. India for instance, as recently as April was random testing international travellers and if positive were put into isolation. This was at their airports, not from cruises. This was reintroduced in 2023 after relative freedom, so there was wariness as to whether other Countries could implement a sudden change to protocols even mid flight. Up until we left in April we were mindful our travel plans could come to an extremely expensive and unpleasant halt in India. It was very much a risk to travel in 2023.
We were required to wear a mask in Salalah Oman in May and had to prove vaccination status in several countries. In KL mask wearing where we travelled was significant.
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Yeah and QFI doesn't fly Into Adelaide either.Malaysia is a special case - and QF doesn't fly to it.
I agree with you this has to stop. It won't impact us. The reason I think this announcement is pathetic is the timing. It's a gesture only that will anger pretty much everyone but not all.
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