Thousands of Australians have had their domestic flights cancelled in the hours leading up to Christmas, as frontline staff were ordered to test and isolate amid a rise in Covid cases.
At least 117 domestic services scheduled to fly to various cities from Sydney and Melbourne were cancelled on Friday.
A Sydney Airport spokesperson told Guardian Australia that 80 of the 500 domestic services scheduled to arrive and depart Sydney on Friday had been cancelled.
Many flights cancelled on Friday are Jetstar services, with the airline unable to staff all of its planned services because employees were sidelined due to Covid testing and isolation requirements.
“Unfortunately like many people in Sydney and Melbourne, a large number of our frontline team
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