On the day that Queensland reopened its border to the ACT, 2,000 passengers went through Canberra Airport.
That's still only 10 per cent of the number the terminal can handle in a day but still a big jump from the few hundred going through before the border re-opening.
That indicates to the people who run the airport that the appetite for travel is high, perhaps even heightened by being cooped up.
So where next?
The airport's head of aviation, Michael Thomson, isn't revealing who they are negotiating with but there are clearly destinations on his radar.
He reckons that flights from New Zealand to Australia without the need for in-comers to quarantine could resume within two months.
There's an election there in just over two weeks and border relaxation would be easier after that.
The airport is making a pitch for Canberra to be a destination.
After New Zealand, Singapore and perhaps the Pacific Islands are the next likely destinations.
Singapore Airlines pulled out of Canberra when the epidemic hit but Mr Thomson says the airline remains well-disposed towards the airport and would return if the economics improved.
In the absence of international travel, the airport is reinventing itself as a regional airport for southern New South Wales.
In the last month, it's added Port Macquarie, Hobart, Cairns, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast on either side of Brisbane and Ballina as a way to Byron Bay and the northern coast of New South Wales.
Qantas has resumed flights from Canberra to Adelaide on four days a week. Virgin Australia is to resume flights to the South Australian capital on October 12.
Further routes and destinations are being negotiated. Much depends on borders.
Melbourne was Canberra's most popular destination and there is relief at the airport that the epidemic there seems to be easing.
But Avalon in Geelong is only an hour's drive from Melbourne. Albury has a substantial regional airport.
"We will continue to explore regional, domestic routes. We think there's great appetite to expand the offering," Mr Thomson said.
Canberra Airport hasn't shut the door on the big two, Qantas and Virgin Australia, though Mr Thomson is more optimistic about the national carrier's prospects of pulling out of the current crisis in a reasonable state.
But the smaller airlines are of increasing interest. The recent deals have been with Pelican, Alliance, and Link.
Pelican is based in Newcastle and has a handful of 19-seater Jetstream 32s. Its destinations include Dubbo, Mudgee and Taree.
Alliance is based in Brisbane. Its specialty had been flying people into mining areas but in 2015 it announced it was rethinking as the mining boom ended.
It bought 21 smaller Fokker aircraft from Austrian Airlines and it's just bought 14 Embraer E190 jets.
And Link is based in Fyshwick. It was previously known as Fly Corporate. It has a fleet of 34-seater and 17-seater Saab aircraft.
Mr Thomson said the airport had to remember that much of its business was because Canberra is the political capital of Australia - but the collapse of the market meant other options had to be developed.
