Singapore Airlines is the first international airline to commit to operating flights at the new Western Sydney Airport.
Eighty per cent of the new Western Sydney International Airport, to be named Nancy-Bird Walton Airport, has been constructed and is due to be completed in 2026.
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Qantas previously announced they will operate domestic flights from the new airport.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the commitment will give Australians access to the airline’s many destinations.
“By having Singapore Airlines as the first international airline to commit from overseas to use this airport, what it will do is give direct access into all those markets that Singapore Airlines flies to in that wonderful hub that is there at Changi Airport,” Mr Albanese said.
“The wonderful hub that will provide people in Western Sydney with access throughout the Asian market into Europe, into North America, into all of those areas, as well, where the diaspora in this vast multicultural community here in Western Sydney engages.”
Singapore Airlines runs five daily flights to and from Sydney and Singapore, but will benefit from the Western Sydney Airport 24/7 operations, unlike Sydney’s current airport, Kingsford Smith, which operates under a 11pm-6am curfew.
“Western Sydney International Airport’s late-night departure capacity, for instance, could allow Singapore Airlines’ business travellers to finish a full day’s work in Sydney, take an overnight flight and arrive in Singapore before their first morning meeting the very next day,” WSI chief executive Simon Hickey said.
“Late-night departures could also allow passengers to transit more swiftly from Singapore through their award-winning Changi Airport hub to connect to one of the 125 destinations served by the Singapore Airlines Group.”