Two repatriation flights from Auckland and Brisbane scheduled to arrive next week Featured
22 October, 2020. A chartered flight from Brisbane, Australia will bring home more than 80 Tongan nationals from Brisbane, Australia.
The flight is planned to arrive Fua’amotu International Airport on Thursday next week 20 October, 2020.
The chartered flight is paid for by RSE employers in Australia to bring back RSE employees and stranded passengers in Brisbane.
Another commercial flight from Auckland New Zealand is also scheduled to arrive next Friday 30 October, 2020 with more than 120 stranded nationals and RSE employees.
According to the CEO for Health Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola the number of passengers depends on the availability of rooms in the quarantine facilities.
The government is also planning two repatriation flights for next month from Brisbane and Auckland.
Discussions with the Governments of Australia and New Zealand are underway to allow stranded nationals from other countries to be quarantined in Auckland and Brisbane for 14 days before returning home.
Meanwhile, foreigners who are allowed to enter Tonga must now pay $3,000 Pa’anga for mandatory Covid-19 quarantine.
- MEIDECC
