Qantas and Jetstar will join Western Sydney to a few of Australia’s favourite home locations, with Jetstar launching the primary industrial passenger service when Western Sydney Worldwide (Nancy-Hen Walton) Airport (WSI) opens on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
The announcement comes after Qantas Group and WSI accomplished a five-year settlement for home passenger flights and cargo, which is able to enable each airways to regulate their flight schedules as demand for providers in Western Sydney grows.
Jetstar will make historical past as the primary industrial passenger flight to depart from the airport when JQ362 departs for the Gold Coast at 11am on October 25. The airline will function as much as 14 flights per week between WSI and Melbourne, 4 weekly flights to the Gold Coast and three weekly flights to Brisbane*. All flights will probably be operated by Airbus A320 plane.
Qantas operations will begin on March 28, 2027 with 4 flights per week to each Melbourne and Brisbane on a QantasLink Embraer E190.
Qantas may also be one of many first industrial airways to fly from the airport when the primary cargo service departs from WSI’s 24-hour Cargo Precinct on Monday night, July 27.
These flights improve the overall variety of flights to the Sydney basin and complement the airways’ providers from Kingsford Smith Airport.
Particular launch fares for WSI’s Qantas and Jetstar flights go on sale later this morning, with single economic system fares ranging from $59^ for Jetstar to the Gold Coast and from $99* (economic system) or $299 (enterprise) for Qantas to Melbourne and Brisbane. All Qantas fares embrace meals and baggage.
As ultimate terminal fit-out work happened at Australia’s first main worldwide greenfield airport in additional than 50 years, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Growth and Native Authorities, The Hon Catherine King MP, joined senior executives from Qantas and Western Sydney Worldwide Airport on the terminal for the historic announcement.