After Nearly 600 Days Australia Opens up to the World

Travellers arriving on the first quarantine free international flights are embraced by family at Sydney International Airport on Nov. 1, 2021. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

After nearly 600 days of closed borders, Australia has welcomed its first quarantine and travel bubble-free international flights on Monday morning.

A flight from Singapore arrived in Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport before 5:30 a.m. with a Qantas flight from Los Angeles, the United States, following at 6 a.m.