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Air NZ unlocks new flight route to expanded Western Sydney Airport

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Publish Date
Fri, 24 Jul 2026, 8:23am
Signage for Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) outside the arrivals area in Badgerys Creek, Australia. Photo / Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Signage for Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) outside the arrivals area in Badgerys Creek, Australia. Photo / Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

There’s a view the Trans-Tasman aviation market won't be completely shaken up by the new Western Sydney Airport. 

It opens on October 25th, and Air New Zealand is one of the airlines that’ll be using it – flying three times a week out of Auckland. 

Forsyth Barr Head of Research, Andy Bowley told Mike Hosking it will attract some operators, but thinks the majority will still go through the main Sydney Airport. 

He says if you think about the capacity Air New Zealand, only around 2% of it will go into Western Sydney.  

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