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Located on the corner of Airport Drive and Francis Briggs Road and open to the public, the site will have 24 charging bays with 150kW and 300kW chargers, as well as two accessible bays, a bathroom, a canopy, and drive-through bays for larger vehicles.
The late-night flights, operated by 303-seat A350-900 aircraft, will depart WSI at 11:55pm, arriving in Singapore at 5am the following morning, before leaving Singapore at 11:30am to touch down in Western Sydney at 10:20pm. Services will commence from 23 November.
Flight JQ88 to Denpasar took off shortly after 10:15am on Tuesday aboard the A321neo LR VH-OYW, with all four of Newcastle’s weekly Bali services now continuing on to Changi Airport. Jetstar has increased from three to four Newcastle-Bali flights per week after launching the route last year.
The inaugural JQ49 service to Denpasar took off from Avalon at 6:30pm on 23 March aboard A321neo LR VH-OFS, with five flights to operate per week. It comes ahead of the return of direct Avalon-Adelaide services on Thursday, as well as an expansion of Avalon-Brisbane capacity.
A new temporary “Zone T” area will provide extra capacity during peak periods as ongoing construction proceeds to unify domestic and international flights in a single terminal, which will reduce available floor space in check-in areas.
In its Regional Airports Financial Sustainability Survey 2026, conducted alongside Regional Capitals Australia, the Australian Airports Association found losses from “around $100,000 into the millions”, with 23 airports forced to defer capital upgrades due to financial constraints.
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