Back to how it was?
Flying between Australia and New Zealand was once a bit like a domestic route. When I first arrived in Australia from New Zealand, I didn’t even have a passport. It wasn’t needed.
Today I ran across this article in The Age discussing progress on plans to return to the “old days”, or something similar. Seems this has been on someone’s drawing board since 2009. I hadn’t heard anything about it before today, but perhaps I just missed it, despite the fact both countries are close to my heart.
It would be nice to dash across the ditch with much cheaper airfares: the suggestion is 30% cheaper. It seems the problem is not enough domestic gates at our airports. It is all a bit confusing. It appears not all of the airline industry agrees with the proposal. Our change in Prime Minister seems to have impacted the plans as well.
I think it would be good for the tourism industries of both countries if it could be achieved, but of course a lack of physical gates to depart and arrive would be a bit of a problem.
I’m surprised there hasn’t been more coverage of this proposal. Or did I just miss the reports?
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