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Hugs and tears as Australia, New Zealand flight routes reopen

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Emotions ran high as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split when borders closed almost 400 days ago to finally reunite. "(I'll) yell, scream, cry, hug, kiss, (feel) happy - all of these emotions at once," Denise O'Donoghue, 63, told AFP at Sydney airport as she prepared to board her flight.

The arrangement means that, for the first time since the pandemic closed borders worldwide, passengers can fly in either direction across the Tasman Sea without undergoing mandatory Covid-19 quarantine when they arrive. "It's a very big day and exciting for families and friends," said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who

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