Australia - The Commonwealth has informed airlines that international air passenger arrival caps will be temporarily halved by 14 July 2021

The Commonwealth has informed airlines that international air passenger arrival caps will be temporarily halved by 14 July 2021. 

The following cap arrangements will commence by 12.01am Wednesday 14 July and end by 11.59pm Tuesday 31 August 2021, subject to review by the National Cabinet before the end of August.

• New South Wales – 1,505 per week (215 per day);

• Queensland – 650 per week (including surge capacity);

• Victoria – 500 per week;

• South Australia – 265 per week; and

• Western Australian – 265 per week.

The Commonwealth has increased the number of facilitated commercial flights (FCFs) into Darwin for quarantine at the Centre for National Resilience at Howard Springs. To support returning Australians to access flights, 29 FCFs are being arranged for July and August.

READ THE NATIONAL CABINET STATEMENT HERE