Originally Posted by
compressor stall
But back to "Much of the World reopening in March".
Well, we're 4 weeks out from March and much of the world is shutting down as we speak largely due to the new variants.
Many countries in EU banning flights from UAE due to soaring rates there and the SA strain (even though UAE have vaccinated 3 million of their 9 million population).
France has banned all non EU flights.
Israel banned all pax flights full stop.
etc.
And many many more countries are enforcing quarantine, if not for all travellers then for those who have visited variant hot spot countries.
It's going to get worse before it gets better.
Correct, In addition UK is investigating adopting Australia's 14 day hotel quarantine regime for arriving travelers. There remains ZERO chance that international travel will reopen with any assuredness before September or October at the earliest. There is no justification for QF to be selling any international fares before 30/9 at the earliest (though realistically 1/1/22 is more appropriate) and the ACCC should be reminding them firmly that doing so is in breach of the TPA and exposes them to significant fines.