Qantas has insisted its plan to restart international flights on 31 October remains on track despite concerns over delays to Australia’s vaccine program. The developments are significant because the airline’s CE, Alan Joyce, has long maintained he will only allow passengers on long-haul international flights if they have received a COVID jab. On Monday, Qantas released a statement saying it was “closely monitoring the recent developments”. “The government has not updated its timeline for the effective completion of the vaccine rollout and at this stage there’s no change to the planned restart of our international flights,” said a Qantas spokeswoman. “We’ll continue to have dialogue with the government.” It comes after PM on Monday played down a previous pledge to inoculate all Australians by the end of the year due to delays sparked by concerns over the safety of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab.<br/>