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Western Sydney Airport’s 3.7-kilometre runway can handle aircraft as large as an A380 superjumbo.

Singapore Airlines locks in flights to Sydney’s new airport despite fuel crisis

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday for Singapore Airlines’ first flights to Western Sydney Airport in November, while other carriers could be landing weeks earlier.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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M12 motorway.

New $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s second international airport opening

The ribbon-cutting comes almost eight months before the first passenger flights are due to take off from Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Architect David George Holm draws Victoria Cross metro station.

David has a plan to use every precious square metre of Sydney’s space

This architect behind metro stations and the new airport has travelled the world drawing buildings and is determined to improve public spaces, no matter how small.

  • Julie Power
Western Sydney Airport.

Passenger opening for Sydney’s new international airport revealed

Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand will be the airport’s first international carriers, while Jetstar and Qantas will operate domestic flights.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A render of a driverless train for the Western Sydney Airport metro line.

First the construction was delayed. Now the new metro’s trains haven’t arrived

The driverless trains are wider than those on the city’s other metro rail lines to cater for travellers lugging bags.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Victoria Cross metro station takes shape across the years.

Inside the transport mega-projects that have reshaped Sydney’s future

The sheer scale of the build over the past decade has well exceeded expectations. But the next 10 years are likely to disappoint.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Wayne Willmington at the resident-owned Luddenham Progress Hall.

Next door to the new Sydney airport is a village residents fear will soon cease to exist

The new airport promises jobs and growth for western Sydney, but in the neighbouring semi-rural village of Luddenham, residents say it is pushing their community towards extinction.

  • Ellie Busby
The northern end of the Warringah Freeway.

The costs are eye-watering, but our city is worth its infrastructure investments

Big infrastructure takes time and costs a fortune. But our city would become unworkable without it.

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Cranes tower over a giant rectangular hole dug for the terminal station at Western Sydney Airport.

What Sydney Metro actually knew about delays to new airport rail line

Confidential documents reveal the government agency’s target date for completion of the 23-kilometre line to Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The automated baggage system was put through its paces on Thursday when 1800 bags were used in a trial.

Sydney’s new international airport ready for passenger flights as early as July

An automated baggage system was put through its paces when 1800 bags were used in a trial, signalling the approaching start of passenger flights.

  • Matt O'Sullivan