When can foreigners visit Australia and New Zealand, and the CEO of Delta Airlines is continuing his all for a new no-fly list.
Australia has been closed to foreign travelers for almost 2 years. But that’s about to change. Starting February 21 Australia will welcome fully vaccinated visitors. To visit Australia a traveler will need to show proof of a negative COVID PCR or rapid antigen test taken within 24 hours of their departure. Travelers will also need to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority which they can do online. With the exception of Western Australia, the rest of of the country will be open to tourists without mandatory quarantine.
Australia’s neighbor New Zealand, which has also remained closed these last two years, has recently announced their reopening plan. According to their plan foreign visitors from select countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom’s, and many Europeans countries, will be able to visit starting in July. Fully vaccinated travelers can enter but they will be required to self-isolate. There are still questions on what kind of accommodations will qualify. As more information becomes available we will include it in future episodes of Today in Travel.
And in airline news, the CEO of Delta Airlines has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General again asking for the Justice Department to prosecute unruly passengers and place them on a no-fly list. The Delta CEO originally called for a no-fly list back in September of 2021, which was the worst year on record for bad behavior on flights. There were a total of 5,981 reports for the year, 4,290, or 72% of those were mask related. The FAA has reported that the number of incidents has dropped by about 50% so far in 2022.