Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

[ayushamity]

The only one that's not really approved is Sputnik and I'd think that's an outlier surely.

And the chinese Sinopharm which a lot of countries are using (the one approved is Sinovac which is different).

 

[Lynda2475]

One hopes the airlines do not just give up and say TGA approved vaccines onboard only.

This would be a great start and would cover and allow plenty to travel

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And the chinese Sinopharm

And given is very poor effectivness, high death rate amongst workers fully vaccinated with it, we shouldn't accept it.

 

[jpp42]

Has there been an official date announced for when the federal government will remove the outbound travel restriction? For those interested in visiting relatives overseas, this must obviously be taken together with NSW's new stance on quarantine-free inbound travel.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I know it would take financial means, but there is the option of travelling to a third country to obtain dose(s) of approved vaccines.

 

[OATEK]

Has there been an official date announced for when the federal government will remove the outbound travel restriction? For those interested in visiting relatives overseas, this must obviously be taken together with NSW's new stance on quarantine-free inbound travel.

I think we would have heard people shouting it from the rooftops if they had.

 

[ayushamity]

And given is very poor effectivness, high death rate amongst workers fully vaccinated with it, we shouldn't accept it.

Yeh but my fiance has got Sinopharm so a bit of a kick in the guts if she cannot come here after all this news

 

[Seat0B]

View attachment 262130This is the actual information provided to me (as you can see it’s separate to the flight requirements). I hope it changes before I actually get to the hotel in 7 months . This (and many LHW) hotels actually do Covid testing which I could access if the onward hotel demands it (And pre flight) but this was not something I anticipated. Plenty of times before wheels up!!

Doesn't this mean that if you show your vaccination certificate showing double vaxxed, you won't have to do the tests? It says Green pass OR antigen OR PCR so you might be OK?

 

[Lynda2475]

Yeh but my fiance has got Sinopharm so a bit of a kick in the guts if she cannot come here after all this news

Well presumably there will be a permit system for those who are recognized at fully vaxed to get a seat on a plane and then into paid HQ. Or go shopping for a recognized vaccine overseas, plenty of vaccine tourism happening in other parts of the world.

 

[MARTINE]

Doesn't this mean that if you show your vaccination certificate showing double vaxxed, you won't have to do the tests? It says Green pass OR antigen OR PCR so you might be OK?

Yeh - we figured it out - my elevated level of excitement at actually booking a hotel let to system failure (temporary loss of vision and brain power).
..lucky I’ve pressed CTL-ALT-DEL and I’m making sense again

 

[Berlin]

Zip. You can go straight from T1 to the Opera Bar.

Well, I wish this was true but I'd assume one first has to somehow get onto the Australian Immunisation Registry and then a barcode to proof to the friendly men in black at the front of Opera Bar that one is double vaccinated. Or not?

This in general is what I am still very unclear of. How will they police the vaccinations- just trusting the local checkin agents at point of departure that it has been checked? And then, getting it recognised in Australia surely will take a while, even if your local GP can add this info onto the registry. Unless there's something more simplified in the works but ready in two weeks from now?

So I'd better not hope too desperately for that cold one in my favourite Sydney pub just yet...

 

[coyote25]

Maybe Sydney will poach the Australian Open haha. Barmy Army will be booking their tickets to the test matches in Sydney and Melbourne by the sounds of it. I wonder if Cricket Australia will take tests off Perth and Brisbane. Perhaps the schedule will be Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Hobart.

Well even NSW would need unvaccinated players to quarantine so I’m thinking they just won’t come to Australia

 

[Lynda2475]

Well, I wish this was true but I'd assume one first has to somehow get onto the Australian Immunisation Registry and then a barcode to proof to the friendly men in black at the front of Opera Bar that one is double vaccinated. Or not?

This can be done in advance of departure if you are an Aussie. There is ability to have overseas vaccinations uploaded into medicare, provided you are eligible for a medicare account, then you just link to Service NSW app (again can be done before arrival).

 

[MARTINE]

…absence of the antivax players - but especially their local fans who are numerous and also support that player - will make the experience so much better next year IMHO

 

[dajop]

An airline source has told Guardian Australia that over the coming 48 hours, 6,000 seats per week will become available to book across all of the airlines currently operating flights into Sydney.

GO GO GO!!!

Still only 1/3rd of the 18,000 seats on planes currently flying into Sydney each week. Assume that over the coming days more of these will come available as airlines work out how to manage it.

 

[justinbrett]

Well, I wish this was true but I'd assume one first has to somehow get onto the Australian Immunisation Registry and then a barcode to proof to the friendly men in black at the front of Opera Bar that one is double vaccinated. Or not?

This in general is what I am still very unclear of. How will they police the vaccinations- just trusting the local checkin agents at point of departure that it has been checked? And then, getting it recognised in Australia surely will take a while, even if your local GP can add this info onto the registry. Unless there's something more simplified in the works but ready in two weeks from now?

So I'd better not hope too desperately for that cold one in my favourite Sydney pub just yet...

I think it will be a pre-departure requirement to get your vaccine recognised - and yes, it will be up to to the airlines to enforce just like they check your visas / ESTAs etc, otherwise they are the ones that wear it.

 

[Seat0B]

An airline source has told Guardian Australia that over the coming 48 hours, 6,000 seats per week will become available to book across all of the airlines currently operating flights into Sydney.

GO GO GO!!!

I'm sure your fiance will be here before you know it! You must be so happy right now - there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am planning to see Seat Son early next year when his work obligations permit him to take some leave.

 

[Berlin]

This can be done in advance of departure if you are an Aussie. There is ability to have overseas vaccinations uploaded into medicare, provided you are eligible for a medicare account, then you just link to Service NSW app (again can be done before arrival).

Since when that, did I miss something? Services Australia website still says the same as it did when I had last checked: You can only do this in person at a "registered immunisation clinic" once you're in the country.

Getting help during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Help adding overseas vaccinations - Services Australia

If there's really a new facility to do this online prior to travel, then please share as I cannot find it anywhere (besides some vague announcements about 'some time in the future'). And yes, Aussie and have Medicare (and an active Service NSW app).

 

[justinbrett]

Since when that, did I miss something? Services Australia website still says the same as it did when I had last checked: You can only do this in person at a "registered immunisation clinic" once you're in the country.

Getting help during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Help adding overseas vaccinations - Services Australia

If there's really a new facility to do this online prior to travel, then please share as I cannot find it anywhere (besides some vague announcements about 'some time in the future'). And yes, Aussie and have Medicare (and an active Service NSW app).

See if you can make a tele appointment with a GP here

 

[DC3]

Has there been an official date announced for when the federal government will remove the outbound travel restriction? For those interested in visiting relatives overseas, this must obviously be taken together with NSW's new stance on quarantine-free inbound travel.

Another announcement due?

 

[Berlin]

See if you can make a tele appointment with a GP here

Wow- that's an awesome idea, never thought of it! But would a GP be able to add the vaccination status into that Air system just by seeing it on a zoom call or similar? I could definitely see just my regular GP over over 15 years back in Sydney before I go but need to be confident that it actually works that easily.