Western Sydney Airport (WSI) Discussion

[Aeryn]

Im absolutely sure every poster in this thread is more than fully aware of your attitude to WSI.

Not sure what you have a problem with facts. The distances involved are real not an opinion, not related to attitude.

 

[AuSammy]

Not sure what you have a problem with facts. The distances involved are real not an opinion, not related to attitude.

And how many times have you stated repeated that in this thread?

 

[clifford]

And how many times have you stated repeated that in this thread?

Why not play the ball and not the man? He has a valid point of view.

 

[jase05]

MEL is 20km from Melbourne CBD, WSI is 50km from Sydney CBD. SYD at 10kms from CBD will always have a huge advantage over WSI for tourists and most Sydneysiders.

Which is fine but for near on 3m people WSI will be a far better option.
You have a population of more than Adelaide and Perth combined that will be more than happy to have a convenient airport.
It’s all about future proofing the region.

 

[Chatswood]

Why not play the ball and not the man? He has a valid point of view.

Because this thread has had many discussions over and over again about the same thing, and the doom believers bring up the viability of the airport again and again. There really is no point retreading old ground.

Remember two weeks ago when you lot were almost giddy with glee on how nobody’s “confirmed to fly out of WSI yet”? It’s almost possible to tell which posters live east of Strathfield.

 

[elanshin]

MEL is 20km from Melbourne CBD, WSI is 50km from Sydney CBD. SYD at 10kms from CBD will always have a huge advantage over WSI for tourists and most Sydneysiders.

When Tullamarine opened it replaced Essenden so it was always guaranteed usage because there was no alternative. So not really a comparative situation to WSI, where SYD is a real alternative.

Avalon (which is only 5kms further from CBD than WSI) on the otherhand has never really built up a decent user base. Much closer situation to WSI, secondary with fewer passenger services.

And NRT is 70+ km from Tokyo without any transport links when it was built.

As we're all saying in this thread and has been discussed at length, why are we trying to look to have it fail. It's built. It's about to roll out. It's Australia's most advanced airport technologically.

Perhaps its not for you and that's fine, take WSI off your flight search, wish it well and see how it does in 5 years.

 

[AuSammy]

Why not play the ball and not the man? He has a valid point of view.

We all have a valid point of view. I would posit the view that every person in this thread knows where WSI is and we don’t need to be reminded on a daily basis.

WSI was not built to replace SYD.
WSI is not open yet.
SYD will remain for those who prefer it.
SYD for the foreseeable future will be the primary airport for the city of Sydney
Many people will not use it. That doesn’t mean others won’t
The catchment area for WSI is larger than three states of Australia and many will come to use it in future decades.
WSI is very warmly welcomed by many Logistics and Transport operators.
Airfreight operators can’t wait for it to open.
Three passenger airlines have decided on facts available to them, besides the fact the airport not being open yet and no runs on the board, to commit to flights there.
Everyone knows after repeated posts on here that public transport is not yet in place.
After 56years, Tullamarine still doesn't have train facilities. SYD did not have a rail connection for 80years and only got it because of the Olympics. BNE did not have a rail connection for 75 years.

Posters are free to be naysayers or supporters but please bring new information and not just repeat ad finitum.

 

[SYD]

We all have a valid point of view. I would posit the view that every person in this thread knows where WSI is and we don’t need to be reminded on a daily basis.

WSI was not built to replace SYD.
WSI is not open yet.
SYD will remain for those who prefer it.
SYD for the foreseeable future will be the primary airport for the city of Sydney
Many people will not use it. That doesn’t mean others won’t
The catchment area for WSI is larger than three states of Australia and many will come to use it in future decades.
WSI is very warmly welcomed by many Logistics and Transport operators.
Airfreight operators can’t wait for it to open.
Three passenger airlines have decided on facts available to them, besides the fact the airport not being open yet and no runs on the board, to commit to flights there.
Everyone knows after repeated posts on here that public transport is not yet in place.
After 56years, Tullamarine still doesn't have train facilities. SYD did not have a rail connection for 80years and only got it because of the Olympics. BNE did not have a rail connection for 75 years.

Posters are free to be naysayers or supporters but please bring new information and not just repeat ad finitum.

Tickets on sale BTW!

Thread 'Flights to/from WSI starting 23 November 2026'

Tuesday at 8:23 PM

Looks like Executive Traveller posted their article a bit too early: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/singapore-airlines-western-sydney-airport

• SQ202 will depart WSI at 11:55pm, arriving in Singapore at 5:05am the following day
• SQ201 leaves Singapore Changi Airport at 11:30am to reach WSI at 10:20pm

• kerfuffle
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• Forum: Singapore Airlines | KrisFlyer