'We've already had setbacks with borders opening and then closing again. Qantas and Jetstar are joining that trend, as the pair announced it will begin reopening domestic air routes throughout June. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupAntifa gunman wanted for shooting dead pro-Trump activist in Portland is killed in shootout with federal marshals after he 'opened fire with an assault rifle' as officers tried to arrest him 'Why should I go to that cemetery? Picture: James Gourley/AAPThe closing of flights and changing of bookings isn’t unexpected, given Mr Joyce signalled that all international flying would be suspended until the middle of 2021.Last month, the national carrier announced it was grounding 100 aircraft in the US’s Mojave Desert, had axed at least 20 per cent of its workforce and parked some of the airline’s fleet of A380s (used for flagship international routes) for “at least three years”.Mr Joyce said that while a trans-Tasman route may be operational before mid-2021, other popular routes around the world won’t restart “in any real size (until) July next year”.“We have to be realistic about it and say with what’s happening in the rest of the globe, it is probably an extended period of time,” Mr Joyce said, adding it would be “years before international flying returns to what it was” for the airline.Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce says international flights will be unlikely until mid-2021. Picture: James Gourley/AAPFollowing the announcement last month, a Qantas spokesperson told news.com.au the much-hyped New Zealand travel bubble was expected in the coming months however, the surge in cases Victoria was currently experiencing could impact the start date.“We’re planning to be back to 40 per cent of our pre-crisis domestic flying during July and hopefully more in the months that follow. The year-on-year figures reflect a promising start to the financial year prior to the pandemic - which was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. 'Fast action to radically cut costs and place much of the flying business into a form of hibernation helped minimise the financial impact from this extraordinary sequence of events,' the statement continued. Pictured: Travellers chat with Qantas staff at Sydney airport on March 19'What's the basis of blanket comments that say borders will not be opened even if Victoria and NSW gets back to no cases?' Register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later. The remainder - mostly those supporting international flying - will return more slowly. "There will be 1,450 losses in the corporate sector due to less flying activity, 1,500 in ground operations, 1,050 cabin crew, 630 engineering jobs, and at least 220 pilots will get the chop. But we know that travel is at the top of people's wish lists and that demand will return as soon as restrictions lift.
Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device. Qantas to resume scenic flights to Antarctica from Australia . The company has been operating private charter flights over the continent for the past 26 years but, with a glut of unused aircraft now available due to pandemic travel disruption, this will be the first time the company has been able to charter aircraft from Qantas' ultra-long range Dreamliner fleet. Qantas will cancel all international flights until March 2021. Now, we're facing a sudden reversal of fortune that is no one's fault - but is very hard to accept.

"There is no passport or luggage needed for an Antarctica Flight, you can even go in board shorts if you wish," as Antarctica Flights CEO Bas Bosschieter told "It really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit Antarctica in a day.

'Surely these decisions should be based on the facts, the health decisions, otherwise it feels like there is no base decisions and is just there to inform the politics. Qantas signalled flights could resume if travel between Australia and other countries opened up. But we’ll be living with COVID for some time and recent events show we can’t take a low infection rate for granted,” Mr Joyce said.“(For) international, we have to be realistic about it and in staying with what’s happening in the rest of the globe, it is probably an extended period of time before we’ll open up those borders.“We’re parking the A380 for at least three years because they don’t have any use, we think, during this period of time.”

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