The first Rex flight from Sydney to Canberra touched down at Canberra Airport just before 8am today, Monday 19 April – one of seven return flights each weekday.
Airport staff and travellers will be taught how to recognise and respond to human trafficking and slavery crimes as part of the Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) rebooted national Airport Watch campaign.
Qantas’ first Canberra to the Sunshine Coast flight took off this afternoon, as one of three new routes introduced from the national capital this month.
ACT Health is closely monitoring the COVID-19 cluster in South Australia, setting up a screening and testing station for flights arriving from the state into Canberra Airport.
Qantas will step into competition with small carriers Link Airways and Alliance Airlines in the Canberra market, today announcing three new routes from the national capital to the Sunshine Coast, Hobart and Cairns.
Canberra Airport kicked off the month with its brand-new direct flight route through Fly Pelican, with the regional carrier taking off to Port Macquarie yesterday, 1 November.
A woman in her 30s, who recently travelled from Townsville to Melbourne by air and has tested positive to COVID-19, transited through Canberra Airport for a short period on 7 October.
