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Qantas has cut its one-way bubble services through Tasmania, including scrapping its Sydney-Christchurch route entirely, even before the first flight took off.
Starting Friday, New Zealanders who have not been to a designated Covid-19 hotspot in the past 14 days can travel to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without needing to go into quarantine.
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Following news of the bubble, Qantas said it would operate six Sydney-Auckland flights per week and four Sydney-Christchurch flights. Its Jetstar subsidiary would offer three flights from Sydney to Auckland per week, it said.
However, Qantas canceled its Christchurch service, the first flight of which was scheduled to leave Christchurch airport at 3.30pm on Friday.
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The Qantas website shows that it has also reduced its flights from Sydney to Auckland to just two next week and four a week after that.
The Qantas website does not have Auckland to Sydney fares available. Instead, customers are redirected to the Jetstar website.
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Qantas is operating a service from Auckland to Sydney on Friday.
Qantas has been contacted for comment.
Air New Zealand has continued to fly to Australia during the pandemic, with services from Auckland to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Your first flight as part of the New South Wales safe travel zone, NZ103, is scheduled to depart Auckland International Airport at 10.40am.
Next, Jetstar flight JQ204 is scheduled to depart Auckland at 12pm followed by Qantas flight QF146 scheduled for a 4.15pm departure.
