How the new curfew-free hub is ending the Sydney freight monopoly
Western Sydney International Airport has officially launched its cargo operations with the arrival of several freight aircraft. This development marks a significant step toward the airport's full opening, which will include passenger flights later this year.
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The new airport is expected to break the freight monopoly in Sydney and significantly impact regional logistics and economic growth.
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Share A A A Eight years after excavators began flattening cow paddocks for Sydney’s new $6 billion airport, four jet aircraft that were parked up outside its cargo hub on Monday signalled the ambitious project was finally “open for business”.
In marking the start of cargo flights , Western Sydney International Airport chairman Paul O’Sullivan reminded guests that “Rome wasn’t built in a day … and nor was WSI”, in a nod to the challenges that were overcome to turn a decades-long dream into a reality.
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