16 Apr 2021 (rnz.co.nz)--->
Trans-Tasman bubble: 'Tens of thousands' due to fly on first day of quarantine-free travel
The head of Auckland Airport expects tens of thousands of passengers to be travelling to and from Australia on the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble.
New Zealand airports are preparing to throw open the gates on Monday to quarantine-free arrivals from Australia for the first time in more than a year.
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Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood said over the first few weeks of the travel bubble flights between Auckland and Australia will increase tenfold in a "huge change" from the past year. "I think there will be tens of thousands of passengers on day one, because we're looking across the first few weeks and seeing flight numbers grow by ten times to about 400 flights between Auckland and Australia."
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