Call for AU-NZ flights to be domestic

[David Ramsay]

Thank you Nigel .

As for Adelaide ... I guess anyone who lives in a time zone which is half an hour out from the rest of the world has an excuse for being "different".

[damien b]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Yes, you can't trust those Adelaide people.

The Kiwis are ok though!

Hey - whats wrong with us Adelaidians?

No - no need to answer that either. That could take all day.

[David E]

Nothing wrong with Adelaideans/Sth Australians. Most of us are decendants of free settlers rather than our east coast cousins who,how ,shall I put this ,delicatley and in a way we can all understand - arrived in shackles !

[Craig Lindsay]

Wasnt nz once part of nsw

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by Raymond Rowe

Everyone knows my feelings.Keep them away from here. It should be kept as it is now.

I agree Ray. Your feelings should be kept away from here, and things should be left as they are now.

[Shameel Kumar]

If this does go ahead, how will this affect the Australia-NZ-USA flights? I guess you wouldn't be able to transit from one aircraft to the other, but rather have to go through customs & immigrations at AKL, and then avoid the mess at SYD especially in the morning.

Overall though, I think it's a good idea.

[Shameel Kumar]

Originally Posted by Craig Lindsay

Wasnt nz once part of nsw

I see you have a bit of historical knowledge there Craig.. that is true, NZ was for a short period of time under NSW control..and even Fiji was considering becoming a colony of Australia, but all that fell apart mid 1890's...and by 1900 we (Australia) finally federated.

Poor Kiwi's didn't know what they were going to miss out on...

[Greg McDonald]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

Poor Kiwi's didn't know what they were going to miss out on...

Not missing out on anything....most of 'em live here don't they??

[Jason Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

If this does go ahead, how will this affect the Australia-NZ-USA flights? I guess you wouldn't be able to transit from one aircraft to the other, but rather have to go through customs & immigrations at AKL, and then avoid the mess at SYD especially in the morning.

Overall though, I think it's a good idea.

I suppose this would work similar to how passengers fly domestic sectors on international flights. For instance a pax flying MEL-AKL on QF25 would get a "Trans tasman" sticker on his/her boarding pass. They would then board/deplane through existing International infrastructure where they would then walk around immigration/customs on presentation of their boarding pass.




Jason

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by Jason Carruthers

I suppose this would work similar to how passengers fly domestic sectors on international flights. For instance a pax flying MEL-AKL on QF25 would get a "Trans tasman" sticker on his/her boarding pass. They would then board/deplane through existing International infrastructure where they would then walk around immigration/customs on presentation of their boarding pass.

Jason

It doesn't have to be. The ideal situation is what happens to passengers in countries that are a party to the Schengen Agreement. Basicly when a passenger arrives from a country that is not part of Schengen they arrive as an international pax. If they then depart to a country that is part of Schengen they depart as, what we in Aus would call a domestic pax. ie no passport or custom controls.

The same is true for departures. From a Schengen country to a non Schengen you go through passport control and are treated as an International pax.

As for this specific proposal it makes sense to me and there would be no fear about keeping the Kiwi's out as they already have far greater freedom to enter Aus than people from other counties, and of course vice versa with Australians entering NZ. So we are half way there already. All we would need to do is align our immigration policies to prevent back door entry of nationals from third party countries and align our customs and quarantine controls and procedures.