And QF with Air NZ will have contacts with the Governments as to when the TT bubble may start.
For a while, until the (self inflicted) NZ issues with quarantine/isolation and now increasing cases in Victoria (probably self inflicted), was 75% certain the TT bubble would start 20 July. QF have been pushing back start of flights every few weeks.

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International bubbles
Foran confirmed Air NZ was looking "at some point" to start flying to the Pacific Islands.
But going back to Australia will be a lot longer.
He had been working with the Government on a Pacific Island travel bubble.
Foran said he has been asking the Government's Foreign Affairs Ministry about what Air NZ could do to help.
An important issue was how Air NZ would handle transit passengers.
He said the intermingling of transit passengers is still a big question that Air NZ is trying to "wrestle to the ground".
The airline has been aiming to fill their planes up with as much cargo as they could.
Air NZ is flying five flights a week to Shanghai, getting cargo into the Chinese market.
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The community outbreak of Covid-19 in Melbourne has driven the possibility of a trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia well into the distance, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Before such travel was possible Australia would need to have 28 continual days with no community transmission, Ardern said, suggesting that could be at least several months away.

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The Government has earlier mused about the possibility of opening up to Australia state-by-state, as many states are in a much better position than Victoria.

This would have to be approved by the Australian national cabinet however, and New Zealand would also need to be satisfied that restrictions on interstate travel were very strict. It appears that this strategy has been abandoned for the time being.
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OPINION: Fiji Airways has daily flights to Auckland on sale next month. But the prospect of quarantine-free travel by then is fantasy.

First, the Fiji Government has a big decision to make. Open up just to Kiwis, or leave the door open for the lucrative - and considerably more risky - US and Asian markets.

Our Government will likely open a travel bubble to our realm countries Cook Island and Niue later this year, and it'll be swamped.
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Rarotonga and Cook Islands is simple for the New Zealand Government; it will stipulate that no other tourists from other countries will be allowed to visit. In Niue's case, that's easy, because the only flights are from Auckland.
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A similar regime is operating in French Polynesia after its borders opened last month. Before travellers arrive in Tahiti, they are required to obtain a Covid-19 test within three days of travel, and then self-test on day four. However, an American cruise ship passenger has already tested positive alongside a flight attendant. This approach means French Polynesia is firmly off-limits to Kiwis, potentially until a vaccine arrives.

So, will Fiji go down the French Polynesia path, eventually opening itself to more risk but potentially more reward? Or just open to New Zealand, and adopt a similar zero-tolerance approach? Because it can't have both.
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