Syd COVID breach

JETSTAR CEO Gareth Evans said the airline is working to strengthen procedures surrounding aircraft arriving from Vic after pax who arrived in Sydney on a flight from the state on Tue disembarked without being screened by NSW Health.

Evans highlighted that everyone who arrived on the flight was being contacted and tested, except for five that are being tested today.

The passengers were screened in Victoria, but a NSW Health official did not meet them upon arrival in Sydney and they were allowed the disembark, marking a major breach of the state’s coronavirus protocols.

A new protocol will see planes unable to pull up to the gate before NSW Health officials are ready to screen people on board.