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As of Sunday, 25 October, Singapore Airlines now operates daily daytime flights from the South Australian capital to Singapore, alongside five evening departures a week, running Thursday through Monday.
The 159,000-square-metre terminal will be nearly three times the size of the existing Terminals 3 and 4, and 25 per cent larger than the combined footprint of Terminals 1 and 2. It will deliver 22 new contact gates, including swing gates that can switch between domestic and international as required.
Speaking to media at the launch of international flights on Monday, WSI CEO Simon Hickey said the new airport is expected to reach its current maximum capacity of 10 million annual passengers within the next decade, with plans to expand as needed.
Air traffic control staff resourcing and visibility from Sydney’s ATC tower are both being examined as part of the investigation into the two near misses in August – one between Qantas and Virgin 737s on the 17th, and the other between a Jetstar A320 and QantasLink Q400 on the 25th.
Flight NZ165 was the first to touch down at WSI, landing ahead of schedule at just before 7:30am aboard the A320neo ZK-NHC, with the return NZ166 service departing for Auckland just after 9:15am. It comes after Jetstar began domestic services on Sunday.
The inaugural service, Jetstar flight JQ362, took off for the Gold Coast shortly after 11:20am on Sunday, with the return JQ363 service becoming the first inbound flight when it touched down at WSI at around 3:30pm, both operated by A320neo VH-A5E.
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