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The new terminal has been unveiled with the airport due to open late next year. It’s Australia’s first international airport in 50 years. Now the terminal for the new Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (or WSI) has been unveiled. The design came from COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid. The inspiration came from the Greater…
18.5 million travellers through Auckland airport left nine tonnes of luggage behind them. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI New Zealand’s biggest airport is proving to be a wonderful source for reuseable goods – nine tonnes of it by last year’s reckoning. In 2024, 18.5 million domestic and overseas travellers passed through Auckland International Airport. They left behind…
The AFP is the lead police agency at Sydney and eight other airports. File photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI An assault on airline crew and two police officers was one callout among 217 at airports that federal police attended over the Easter holidays. The Australian Federal Police were cracking down on bad behaviour at the nine airports…
(L-R) Michael Yeo (airport ambassador), Nita Palencia (Ambassador Co-ordinator) and Mei Marshall (airport ambassador). Photo: ANNETTE DEW Direct flights between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur will return with Malaysia Airlines confirming a service will start on November 29, flying five times a week using Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The Malaysian air carrier’s decision is expected to result…
A view of part of a 120m-long rail string laid out on sleepers. Photo: Sydney Metro The first tracks have been laid at Luddenham, south of Penrith, for the new Western Sydney Airport line. The 23-kilometre-long Sydney Metro railway will connect to the new international airport. The first portion of track was installed at Luddenham…
The AFP say there will be no tolerance shown for dangerous behaviour at airports. Photo: AFP Joke about blowing up a plane, abuse airline staff, attack strangers or try to open the door mid-flight — you will regret it. That is the holiday message the Australian Federal Police wants travellers to know as they head…
Jetstar is now flying three times a week from NZ’s South Island to Far North Queensland. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The far north tropics are now open to Christchurch after Jetstar began flying three times a week to Cairns Airport at the start of April. Their new service is the first non-stop connection between the destinations…
Thursday, April 17, is shaping as the busiest day of domestic travel, says the airports association. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Airports across the country are bracing for ‘traffic Thursday’ as two long weekends and school holidays ‘combine’. The Australian Airports Association (AAA) is expecting a surge in foot traffic as travellers combine the Easter and Anzac…
Photo: stock A Coomealla man was to have appeared in Wentworth Local Court on Tuesday (April 8) over the cancellation of a domestic flight, the Australian Federal Police said. The AFP are alleging in court that the defendant, 32, was seated on an aircraft at Sydney Airport bound for Mildura, Victoria, on March 11 when…
The engine turbine of a passenger aircraft. Photo: jannoon028/freepik A former baggage handler is to face local court today (April 2) after police say he filmed himself, nearly naked, inside an aircraft turbine at Sydney Airport and posted the footage to social media. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say they identified the southern Sydney resident…