CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
At 11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time, JQ362 will take off from Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, the first passenger flight for this brand new Airport.
Hundreds of spectators will also be in attendance as the full capacity Jetstar Airbus A320 takes off for the maiden passenger voyage, connecting Western Sydney to the Gold Coast for the first time.
This Airport has been 40 years in the marking. In 1986, Badgerys Creek was designated to be home to Sydney's second major airport by the then Hawke Government. WSI is today being delivered by the Albanese Government.
The opening of Western Sydney Airport (WSI) has seen over...