Australian airline Qantas Airways announced Wednesday that both the main carrier and its budget subsidiary Jetstar will begin passenger operations at Western Sydney International Airport when the facility opens on October 25 this year.
The flight schedules include several key routes:
• Jetstar will begin operations immediately when the airport opens, offering up to 14 weekly flights to Melbourne, plus four weekly flights to the Gold Coast and three to Brisbane.
• Qantas will start its passenger service on March 28 next year, providing four weekly flights each to Melbourne and Brisbane.
• The carrier’s first freight service will depart from the airport’s round-the-clock cargo facility on the evening of July 27.
• “WSI will also become a key hub for Qantas Freight, with more than 850 tonnes of freight expected to move through our new terminal each week,” CEO Vanessa Hudson said.
• Singapore Airlines previously announced in March that it would begin daily direct flights to the new airport starting November 23.
• Air New Zealand began selling tickets in April for three weekly round-trip flights that will start operating from the airport beginning October 26.
• New Zealand’s flag carrier had signed an agreement with the airport in June 2025.
