The Federal Government will schedule another 20 repatriation flights to bring stranded Australians home.
Acting Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham said flights from “priority areas” around the world will be organised by the Commonwealth over the next couple of months.
Travellers will be taken to the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory, as well as to locations in Canberra and Tasmania.
Mr Birmingham said the extra repatriation flights were “over and above” the existing caps on returning international travellers.
The news comes after major airline Emirates abruptly suspended flights to and from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane indefinitely.
More to come.