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Airlines threaten to abandon Melbourne over COVID-19 test requirement – Sydney Morning Herald
International airlines say Victoria’s COVID-19 testing and quarantine regime for flight crew is unworkable and have threatened to suspend services to Melbourne.
Airline staff who test positive are required to spend 14 days in hotel quarantine and their fellow crew members also face a stint in isolation. Airlines fear the rules could result in pilots and cabin crew being stranded in Australia leaving nobody to fly their aircraft out of the country.
One senior source at an international airline, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorised to speak to the media and feared jeopardising negotiations with the Victorian government, said the…
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