Air New Zealand resumes quarantine-free flights to Sydney and Melbourne

Air New Zealand has resumed quarantine-free flights to Sydney and Melbourne on Friday following a border update from the Australian government. However, quarantine-free flights to Brisbane remain suspended until March 20 at the request of the Queensland government. The airline is operating three Auckland-Sydney services and two Auckland-Melbourne services on Friday in order to clear the backlog created by New Zealand's recent alert level changes, Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty said. The airline will also be resuming flights between Sydney and Norfolk Island from March 19. "Because aircrew are currently unable to operate domestic services in Queensland without completing a 14-day quarantine period, this will impact our ability to operate between Brisbane and Norfolk Island while the restrictions on Queensland travel remain in place," Geraghty said Friday. "We are pleased to be able to connect our customers with these Australian destinations once again and look forward to resuming quarantine-free flights to Brisbane in due course."<br/>