First International Flight Takes Off From New Sydney Airport

First international flight takes off from Sydney airport

First international flight takes off from Western Sydney International Airport. Read more at straitstimes.com.

First international flight takes off from new Sydney airport

After more than four decades of planning, Western Sydney International Airport offers the first alternative to the city's main airport, which has been operating for more than a century. An Air New Zealand plane from Auckland landed and soon afterwards flew out of the airport in the morning, launching a three-flights-a-week service to Sydney's largely working-class western suburbs. "It's not every day you get to be part of opening a brand-new int…

First international flight from WSI

Aviation reporter Chris Zappone checks in with passengers on Air New Zealand's historic flight.

Air New Zealand makes first international passenger landing at Western Sydney Airport

The new route gives travellers three return services a week between Auckland and Western Sydney through to March 2027.