Quake-Stricken Vanuatu to Resume Commercial Flights

Disaster assistance response team personnel board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III bound for Vanuatu at RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, on Dec. 18, 2024. Campbell Latch/Department of Defence

Hundreds of Australians have landed on home soil from earthquake-stricken Vanuatu as the capital’s airport prepares to reopen to commercial flights.

Further RAAF planes landed in Brisbane from Port Vila overnight on Sunday carrying 144 passengers.