The first flight of the trans-Tasman bubble, a charter flight between Canberra and Wellington, has been pushed back after Victoria experienced a huge spike in coronavirus cases.The first flight between Australia and New Zealand, expected to be a charter flight between Canberra and Wellington, has been delayed after Victoria experienced a huge spike in community-transmitted coronavirus cases.

Stephen Byron, the managing director of Canberra Airport, told NCA NewsWire he had hoped to have a charter flight from Canberra to Wellington take off today – but ongoing government discussions and the situation south of the border had put a pin in it.
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