The three-level project will double the building’s capacity and offer “spectacular” views of both the surrounding area as well the northern NSW hinterland.
Qantas and Jetstar expect to fly 350,000 people across the country between Friday and Monday, with 438,000 travelling through Sydney on the weekend and Monday.
Direct flights between Auckland and Hobart only restarted for the first time in a generation in April last year, before stopping months later due to COVID restrictions.
Meanwhile, Jetstar has cancelled three flights between Perth and Bali this week due to “resourcing challenges”, wreaking havoc on the holiday plans of hundreds of travellers.
Travellers have taken to social media to show photos of snaking queues. However, most flights at Sydney airport, the worst affected, have departed on time or with a short delay.
Thales and Leonardo’s joint space venture has won an EU contract to improve the accuracy of global navigation systems such as GPS and NASA’s Galileo.