 Despite Air Macau holding the exclusive concession on all air routes out of Macau, after lengthy negotiations the government agreed to license the new airline on the condition that any routes Viva Macau wanted to operate had first to be approved by Air Macau.In the years that followed, Viva expanded service with new routes from Macau to Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and Australia.Viva Macau was named the “New Airline of the Year” in November 2007 by the "Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation", due in part to its contribution to the development of the aviation industry and tourism in Macau and across Asia.