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The airport, which recently finished a $200 million terminal expansion, is looking to entice airlines such as Cathay Pacific, China Southern, and Emirates back to Adelaide. The retail space from the terminal expansion has been fully leased and is expected to be completely open by year’s end.
The 800-metre Deborah Lawrie Flyover, part of the $2.6 billion Sydney Gateway project, passes over Sir Reginald Ansett Drive to the domestic terminals, and is slated to open this weekend. Lawrie famously won a 10-month legal battle against Ansett’s refusal to hire women as pilots in the 1970s.
China Eastern flight MU715 from Shanghai on Wednesday morning, aboard the A330-200 B-5931, was the first service from mainland China to touch down at Brisbane in 1,359 days, marking the beginning of a three-times-per-week non-stop service that will increase to daily from 8 December.
Sichuan Airlines flight 3U3883 from Chengdu touched down in Sydney on Monday on board an A330-300. With its return, nine airlines including Qantas will offer direct services between Sydney and mainland China, and it is estimated Sydney Airport’s China capacity will be 86 per cent recovered in November.
The overhaul will include new computed tomography (CT) security screening systems in line with federal standards, a mezzanine level for more direct access to security screening, a state-of-the-art baggage system with an entirely new baggage hall, and upgrades to self check-in systems.
It follows a deal between the regional airport and Virgin Australia for a training school collapsing in March 2020 in the days before COVID-19.
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