‘The only way’: Australians stranded in New Zealand charter private jets to get home
Some have spent $40,000 arranging their own passage home after suspension of quarantine-free flights left them stuck
Australians desperate to get home from New Zealand are going to extreme lengths to do so, forking out tens of thousands of dollars to charter private jets.
New Zealand suspended quarantine-free travel from Australia in July, after New South Wales and other states struggled to contain their Delta outbreaks. The government has indicated that the trans-Tasman bubble is unlikely to reopen anytime soon.