Covid 19 coronavirus: Jetstar suspends planned flights from Auckland to Cook Islands until next year

Jetstar has suspended flights from Auckland to Rarotonga until next March. One disappointed customer who had paid to travel in October was told today his booking had been cancelled. Jetstar had sold tickets earlier this year in the hope Australia would have joined the quarantine-free travel arrangement by then. In an email to the customer the airline said: "We're sorry to let you know that Jetstar is suspending its services between Auckland and Rarotonga until March 28, 2022." A Jetstar spokesman told the Herald it had decided to cancel services to Rarotonga until that date for a number of operational reasons. "However we fully intend to resume this route in late March 2022 if not earlier." Jetstar's services to Rarotonga originate in Australia (fifth freedom operation) so are currently not part of the NZ-Cook Island bubble.<br/>