T30ET POSTPONED

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Alex, 5B4ALX has been informed that, owing to the corona virus outbreak, he should undergo a 14-day quarantine in Honiara (Solomon Islands) and to obtain a medical clearance before travelling to Kiribati.
His operation from Tarawa, which was expected to take place from 18 March to 6 April, is therefore postponed, "indicatively to October". He is also considering - if "Singapore Airlines does not agree to reprotect me in October, rather than losing 5000 EUR of tickets and baggage allowance - an alternative destination that can be reached from Brisbane without travel restrictions, but I don't see many alternatives at the moment".

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Solomon Airlines has extended the suspension of international flights until 24 October. "Unfortunately, at the moment, the only further possibility of reaching Tarawa Island is through Fiji", Alex, 5B4ALX says, "but further quarantine constraints and two additional flights with over 100kg of equipment make this alternative unacceptable". His T30ET operation from Tarawa is again postponed to a later date, while he continues "to monitor the situation in the hope of better development".
Updates will be posted to http://www.5b4alx.cloud/t30et-tarawa-atoll-2020/.