Queenstown Airport. Photo / ODTScheduled international passenger flights to the southern South Island resume today with a single flight from Sydney to Queenstown. Qantas QF121 is scheduled to land at Queenstown Airport at 2.30pm, 387 days since the last commercial passenger flight landed in the resort. They will be welcomed inside the terminal by Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult, Southland MP Joseph Mooney and Queenstown Airport board members and executives. The first international Air New Zealand flight, from Sydney, was scheduled for tomorrow, Irvine said.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 18, 2021 17:03 UTC