Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

[Tiki]

I wish Dom could annex Qld and send Anna off to some Olympics office. So jealous of NSW opening up! But happy stranded Aussies can come home. I hope the rest of the state borders fall like dominoes now.

 

[Rebus]

This the day that just keeps on giving. It always struck me as unfair that my parents (I'm a dual-citizen UK expat) were not considered immediate family for the purposes of border exemptions and now this looks to be on the way out. I'm in Victoria so all we need now is for Dan to match Dom in ditching the home quarantine and everything will have fallen nicely into place.

This is the most upbeat I have felt, with regards to the pandemic, since day dot.

 

[Berlin]

Just booked my return from New Zealand. Lots of emotions coming up now but I think there's a bottle of Veuve in the fridge that calls very loudly...

 

[antycbr]

I wish Dom could annex Qld and send Anna off to some Olympics office. So jealous of NSW opening up! But happy stranded Aussies can come home. I hope the rest of the state borders fall like dominoes now.

I'd just be happy for us to move the terminal at OOL into NSW...

 

[hb13]

This is truly amazing news that I would have never expected! So so good!

 

[hb13]

- Dom has just said that Sydney is the only truly international city in Australia in the press conference this morning. Dan won't like it.

As a Melbournian I agree with this. I hope Melbourne follows suit, and I actually think they will. WA and QLD however, probably off the cards till 2023 lol.

 

[DC3]

If Dom has his way, he probably gets rid of the curfew and allow planes to land at 00:01.

I must admit that the only Dom that interests me is Dom Perignon.

 

[justinbrett]

So how long until the international flights into BNE & MEL cancel? Surely not cost effectively now if you can fill them up to SYD.

 

[antycbr]

So how long until the international flights into BNE & MEL cancel? Surely not cost effectively now if you can fill them up to SYD.

This point was lost on Martin Foley today. Melbourne is going to have to do a LOT of work to recover their reputation.

 

[Berlin]

So how long until the international flights into BNE & MEL cancel? Surely not cost effectively now if you can fill them up to SYD.

Not so sure- something tells me that Melbourne will only be two weeks (or two days?) behind. Brissy is a different story...

 

[mviy]

Not so sure- something tells me that Melbourne will only be two weeks (or two days?) behind. Brissy is a different story...

I think VIC could take a bit longer. The VIC Premier may wish to be a bit more cautious. The case numbers are still high here and another lockdown may be one too many for him to stay as Premier. I think he'd rather risk being accused of taking too long to open up than being accused of opening up too soon.

Say VIC reaches 90% first dose later this month (covidlive is estimating just 6 days, but that will probably slip), then 90% fully vaccinated before December 1 could be a real possibility. So I think VIC may have December 1 as a day to reopen to international flights similar to what NSW is planning for November 1.

 

[Thibault]

Not so sure- something tells me that Melbourne will only be two weeks (or two days?) behind. Brissy is a different story...

I wonder how AP will react today or tomorrow.
Pressure should build up quite quickly.

 

[justinbrett]

Not so sure- something tells me that Melbourne will only be two weeks (or two days?) behind. Brissy is a different story...

No doubt - I wasn't speaking permanently, but in the interim period.

 

[antycbr]

I wonder how AP will react today or tomorrow.
Pressure should build up quite quickly.

HUGE pressure now as people in NSW and VIC book Fiji (or anywhere else) and call up tourism operators in the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and cancel

 

[justinbrett]

HUGE pressure now as people in NSW and VIC book Fiji (or anywhere else) and call up tourism operators in the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and cancel

You should watch their presser today. (AP wasn't there). The Health Minister was absolutely gleaming when she corrected the CHO that the domestic home quarantine trial had expanded to 800 people from 400 people.

Domestic. Home Quarantine. Trial. 800 people.

No words.

 

[OATEK]

Who's complaining? I'm certainly not!

Just waiting now for Qantas or Air New Zealand to start selling AKL-SYD flights for 1 November...

I was thinking of all the posts about not enough detail, who can/can't come etc. I am like you, pleased as punch that it is opening and very proud to be in the state that takes a real world approach to risk assessment.

 

[Thibault]

HUGE pressure now as people in NSW and VIC book Fiji (or anywhere else) and call up tourism operators in the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and cancel

Fantastic. She needs to set targets and dates.

I cannot wait to see my family back in Europe for Christmas.
Been 2 years and missed two funerals.

Could book today but cannot come back to Brisbane.
Come on - we are almost there.

Domestic. Home Quarantine. Trial. 800 people.

It's shocking.

 

[DC3]

No rush for overseas travel for me. My planned trips for NZ in February, and CAN/U.S.A. in mid-year may actually happen.

 

[Peso]

Hasn’t changed my world - temporary resident who now has to watch all my work colleagues and neighbours fly around the world. But on semantics I am classed as not ‘living’ here. I have no issue with Australian citizens and permanent residents being included but cannot fathom how ‘residents’ who have been fully present in Australia for over 2 years are classed as sub citizens. Maybe I will ask my next door neighbour to go and visit my elderly parents for me.

I'm in the exact same boat as you. My boss already asking people when they want to take Christmas leave and I'm frustrated with the inequality going on. I get the desire to continue shutting off tourism out of an abundance of caution, but what risk do I possess as a temporary visa holder living (for the past 5 years), working and fully-vaxxed in Australia? Does my passport present a health risk?

I do have PR relatives here, maybe they can hug my parents for me.

 

[DC3]

I wish Dom could annex Qld and send Anna off to some Olympics office. So jealous of NSW opening up! But happy stranded Aussies can come home. I hope the rest of the state borders fall like dominoes now.

Morrison, derided as the Prime Minister for NSW, is being stalked by a man fast becoming the Premier for Australia

Labor likes to dub Scott Morrison the "Prime Minister for NSW". But Dominic Perrottet is fast earning the reputation of "Premier for Australia" — and that's likely to give Morrison headaches.

www.abc.net.au

So, who is the real Premier of Oz?