Outgoing chief executive Christine Zeitz is expected to retire at the end of September this year, according to a company statement published earlier this month.

The Chinese carrier will operate four weekly 787-9 flights starting 17 December, ahead of Melbourne on 19 December. It will be the ninth concurrent mainland Chinese carrier to fly into Sydney, and will add 53,000 weekly seats, pushing mainland China capacity to 101 per cent of pre-COVID levels.

Hong Kong Airlines will fly four times per week between the Gold Coast and Hong Kong from 17 January to 15 February 2025, and is expected to deliver around 6,000 inbound seats to the Gold Coast over the five-week period.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed it will fly from the 24-hour greenfield airport when it opens in 2026, connecting WSI non-stop to Singapore Changi Airport. The announcement follows a memorandum of understanding signed between WSI and SIA in 2023.