Decrease In Australia's Incoming Passenger Cap

Contributor

Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world’s leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry.

Explore Firm Details

The limit on the number of international arrivals coming into Australia via commercial flights, the so-called "passenger cap

Australia Employment and HR

The limit on the number of international arrivals coming into Australia via commercial flights, the so-called "passenger cap", will be halved from July 14 due to concerns around the Delta variant of Covid-19. The new cap will be 3,035 international arrivals per week, and each major airport will be subject to these caps:

Sydney: 1,505 per week
Perth: 265 per week
Adelaide: 265 per week
Melbourne: 500 per week
Brisbane: 500 per week (plus 150 surge capacity)

Other things to note in the latest announcement made by the current Administration are:

Australia is unlikely to increase incoming passenger arrivals back to their current level (6,070 a week) until early 2022.
Until early 2022, additional repatriation flights to return Australian citizens will be offered by the federal government. These flights will be in addition to the above cap numbers, with quarantine likely to take place at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory.
A pilot program will be introduced for returning vaccinated travelers requiring 7 days home quarantine (rather than the current 14 days hotel quarantine). These pilots will be administered by each state.
Australia has, for the first time, set a roadmap to re-open borders. The 2^nd step (of 4 to reopening borders to pre-pandemic levels) is dependent on Australia reaching a minimum vaccination threshold which is to be determined by public health experts.

Please continue to follow our updates on or blog, The Mobile Workforce.

Visit us at mayerbrown.com

Mayer Brown is a global legal services provider comprising legal practices that are separate entities (the "Mayer Brown Practices"). The Mayer Brown Practices are: Mayer Brown LLP and Mayer Brown Europe - Brussels LLP, both limited liability partnerships established in Illinois USA; Mayer Brown International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and registered in England and Wales number OC 303359); Mayer Brown, a SELAS established in France; Mayer Brown JSM, a Hong Kong partnership and its associated entities in Asia; and Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership with which Mayer Brown is associated. "Mayer Brown" and the Mayer Brown logo are the trademarks of the Mayer Brown Practices in their respective jurisdictions.

This Mayer Brown article provides information and comments on legal issues and developments of interest. The foregoing is not a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter covered and is not intended to provide legal advice. Readers should seek specific legal advice before taking any action with respect to the matters discussed herein.