Reading Time: 2 minutes SYDNEY, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd said on Friday it would speed up plans to restart flights to many destinations and use some bigger planes amid “massive demand” for international flying as quarantine restrictions ease for Australian citizens. All 11,000 of the airline’s staff idled without pay, around half its workforce,
Photo: Flickr.com Tista' taqra bil- Malti . After 262 days in lockdown, its sixth since March 2020, Melbourne and its residents celebrated, raising a glass or two in bars. Australia’s second largest city ranks at the top in terms of localities around the world with the longest cumulative lockdown. At 11:59pm on Thursday, residents started to cheer,
Reading Time: 3 minutes MELBOURNE, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Melbourne residents flocked to the city’s pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world’s most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Australia’s second-largest city has so far endured 262 days, or
Reading Time: 3 minutes SYDNEY, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown later on Thursday even as cases hover near record levels, with pubs, restaurants and cafes rushing to restock supplies before opening their doors. Since early August, residents in Australia’s second-largest city
Reading Time: 2 minutes Travel restrictions between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia’s largest cities, eased on Wednesday as Victoria opened its borders to fully vaccinated residents from New South Wales amid a rapid rise in immunisation levels. With cases trending lower in New South Wales, including Sydney, residents will be allowed quarantine-free