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International travel still up in the air for Australians as vaccine delays threaten timetable
Qantas says it has made no changes “at this stage” to its timetable for restarting international flights, as delays to Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program threaten to push back its plans.
Key points:
- The Prime Minister has abandoned a target of offering all Australians their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by the end of October
- Qantas had been basing its plans to resume international travel on the vaccine timetable
- The Opposition has urged the government to set new targets, arguing certainty is needed
The airline had been hoping to resume international services, beyond the New Zealand travel bubble, in October this year, by which point the federal government wanted all Australians to have been offered their first vaccine dose.
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