Some families members were reunited, while some met for the first time on Thursday, as Sydney-Adelaide flights resumed with South Australia's borders officially reopening to NSW | Laura_R_Chung
For Mr Pride and Ms Lacy, the trip to Adelaide is also a chance to have some alone time - the first in eight months as the rest of their family lives interstate or overseas."You don't know what the timeline is of when they will meet him, you don't know how old he will be, but at least he gets to meet one side of the family," she said.Paul and Cathy Breeze flew to Adelaide to surprise their grandchildren.
Once the couple landed, they called their grandchildren to see what they were doing. The three kids were shopping at Rundle Mall, so Mr and Mrs Breeze drove to the centre to surprise them."We've already planned tonight: games night and pizza, like when they were little."Jetstar will increase flights from five per week to twice daily from October 1, and three times daily from November 1.
Virgin Australia is recommencing flights between Canberra and Adelaide and operating daily flights between Adelaide and Sydney, and Brisbane and Canberra. The airline will also add more than 3000 seats between Canberra and the Gold Coast during October. In the 24 hours following the border announcement, Qantas and Jetstar sold more than 9,500 seats in total, 3000 of those being snapped up after Jetstar’s flash sale went live on Thursday.
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