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Qantas to fly home Australians stranded on Norfolk Island by New Zealand COVID-19 travel bubble suspension
Australian tourists who were stranded on Norfolk Island after Australia extended the suspension of a travel bubble with New Zealand will begin arriving home today.
Key points:
- Tourists were stranded on the island after Australia closed its border to New Zealand
- The border closure was a result of New Zealand recording its first case of COVID-19 in months
- Qantas is making a number of return flights from today
Qantas is making two return flights, one each from Sydney and Brisbane.
There will be another three return Qantas flights between Brisbane and Norfolk Island on February 1, 2 and 3.
Australia closed its border for 72 hours on Monday, January, 25, after New Zealand recorded its first case of COVID-19 in the community in two months — an…
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