‘About time’: Major change coming to international Australian airports

People arriving at Australian airports may soon not have to fill out “annoying” physical incoming passenger cards.

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is set to launch a trial of a digital alternative, which will launch on Qantas flights between Australia and New Zealand later this year.

Travel writer David Flynn says ditching the archaic paper cards was a long time coming.

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“It’s about time,” he told Jacqui Felgate on 3AW Drive.

“They are so annoying – I fly a lot overseas and there’s very few countries which have a card left.”