en.Wedoany.com Reported - Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) will welcome its first passengers on October 25, 2026.

WSI is a brand-new, full-service airport in Australia, operating with no curfew and offering international, domestic, and cargo services. After years of planning, construction, and a year of testing, the airport has an initial annual passenger capacity of 10 million, with scalable expansion capabilities to meet future demand.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that in 2011, he commissioned a joint study with the New South Wales government to explore how to build a second airport. He noted at the time that the question was not whether Sydney needed a new airport, but when. Fifteen years later, this new airport is about to open.

Jetstar will operate WSI's first commercial passenger flight. An Airbus A320 will depart from WSI for the Gold Coast at 11:00 AM on October 25. Following the launch, Jetstar will operate up to 14 weekly return flights between WSI and Melbourne, in addition to four weekly flights to the Gold Coast and three weekly flights to Brisbane.

Qantas will begin operations from WSI on March 28, 2027, using QantasLink Embraer E190 aircraft to operate four weekly flights to Brisbane and four weekly flights to Melbourne.

Cargo operations will start earlier. This Sunday (July 26), Qantas Freight will begin regular flights to and from WSI the following evening. These regular services were facilitated by the federal government in June 2023, with Qantas and Jetstar becoming the first airlines to announce flights to and from Sydney's new airport.

They will be joined by Air New Zealand, which will launch flights to Auckland on October 26, and Singapore Airlines, whose daily flights to Changi Airport will commence on November 23, 2026.

This new 24-hour airport in Western Sydney is the centerpiece of the federal government's nearly A$18 billion investment in the region, which also includes the future Sydney Metro Airport rail link and major upgrades to nearby roads such as Elizabeth Drive, Fifteenth Avenue, and Mamre Road. This investment builds on the benefits brought by the recently opened M12 motorway.

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