Covid-19: Australia’s Qantas delays expected restart of international travel

Qantas Airways Ltd. pushed back its expectations for the start of international travel as Covid-19 travel restrictions drove the airline to a fiscal first-half loss.

Qantas now aims to start overseas flights to most destinations from late October 2021, four months later than planned, Qantas said in a statement Thursday.

“None of us knew just how big an impact Covid would have on the world, or on aviation,” Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said. “It’s clearly worse than anyone expected.”