A Melbourne man whose father died from COVID-19 in the UK in June is stuck waiting for a flight back to Australia.
Niall Williams is due to fly from into Sydney in September after his earlier flight was cancelled. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy PiperThe 32-year-old and his brother knew he was “quite ill and in hospital” in late May.
He arrived in early June, just as quarantine was enforced, but was allowed under special circumstances to be one of 10 people at the funeral. “I was meant to start my new job on August 17, which I’d already put back by two weeks because I couldn’t get a flight on August 3.“I don’t have any family really locally, my partner is stuck in Melbourne and she’s struggling because everyone seems to be at the moment in this lockdown.The Australian men’s cricket team departed for the UK on August 23.
Mr Williams said he is “quite mentally strong at the moment” but it is hard to be away from “all your friends and your loved ones”, including his fiancee who he was supposed to marry in December before they postponed their nuptials due to the multiple financial blows they have suffered.“ if I’d lost one of them and never felt that before.”
“But it seems like they know they’re only going to be getting so many flights … like they’re giving it to the highest bidder,” he said., international arrivals have been capped per week to 525 in Perth and 500 in Brisbane, and 450 per day with a maximum of 50 passengers per flight in Sydney.
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