Travellers from South Australia embraced by joyful family and friends at Perth Airport

There have been emotional scenes of joy and relief at Perth Airport after the first flight landed from Adelaide since quarantine rules were lifted.

Travellers from South Australia no longer have to undergo 14 days quarantine, a measure introduced in WA following the COVID-19 outbreak last month.

Maria Rologas and her husband Bill were tearfully embraced by their son Matthew, and grandchildren.

“You can see how excited we are, it’s just beautiful, it’s been 12 months, it’s just beautiful,” she said.

“Glad to be here, we booked two lots of tickets, we booked for the 23rd, and we had to cancel that and we had a standby 25th and we made it, we made it today, it’s just wonderful.”