Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships potentially ...

Warships in Tasman raise concerns ... including the right of freedom of navigation as guaranteed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”. The ship was shadowed by a Chinese ...

It’s understood a Qantas flight from Sydney to Auckland was underway when the warning was received, and was advised to adjust its path so as not to get closer than 19 nautical miles to the warships.

Commercial airlines have changed their flight paths over the Tasman Sea to avoid a Chinese military ... its path so as not to get closer than 19 nautical miles to the warships.

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday.

Australia warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny ...

It’s outside of Australia’s exclusive economic zone,” he said, indicating it was at least 200 nautical miles (370km) offshore. “According to defence, there has been no imminent risk of ...