Avalon Kent has already booked flights to see her family, who she has not seen for over a year, thanks to the announcement about the trans-Tasman bubble. READ MORE:* Trans-Tasman bubble: What you need to know ahead of the bubble announcement* Kiwis' hopes, fears shared over trans-Tasman bubble announcement* Air NZ has been ramping up for some time ahead of travel bubble, says expert* Trans-Tasman travel bubble would be 'game changer' for country, capitalBut since the pandemic she had been unable to get over, made worse due to her parents and aunts struggling with technology, so she had been restricted to calling them, rather than using video calls. But with news of the bubble it felt surreal that she would be seeing them again in a couple of weeks. “At this stage it is confirmed there will be direct return flights from Wellington to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,” he said. They will be breathing a collective sigh of relief over the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2021 18:56 UTC