Qantas, Jetstar confirm flights from Western Sydney Airport

[MelbourneFlyer]

Qantas and Jetstar will fly from the new 24-hour airport when it opens in late 2026 with flights to Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
The airline plans to base an initial five single-aisle jets such as the Boeing 737 (although this doesn’t rule out the forthcoming Airbus A321XLR or A220 aircraft) based at Western Sydney, with its low-cost arm Jetstar having ten single-aisle jets.

https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...sydney-airport

[belongamick]

So, will either JQ or QF Sydney based domestic crew be picking up duties at WSI?

[aussieflyboy]

Originally Posted by belongamick

So, will either JQ or QF Sydney based domestic crew be picking up duties at WSI?

$50 says it’ll be NJS and the pretty new toy. From what I’ve heard they’ve closed nearly all their lifestyle bases (CNS, PER, DRW) with CBR and HBA soon to close and they’ll give Pilots the option of a WSI base or unemployment.

[Qanchor]

Sooo, one star is in the news earlier this week for all the wrong reasons then this..

"Hey everyone look over here, big news, new route, new service, new airport, new everything, look here, right over here"

[Lookleft]

Good luck to all the men and woman who will be flying into it. Fog in winter and howling westerlies in the autumn and spring. The silver lining if you are based there will be the cheaper housing options that don't require a lengthy commute.

[JoeTripodi]

This explains why in the latest EBA for NJS that the base is now "Sydney" not "SYD" so you can start at one airport then finish at the other. The tolls to drive out that way are so cheap too, what a deal!

[maggot]

Originally Posted by Lookleft

Good luck to all the men and woman who will be flying into it. Fog in winter and howling westerlies in the autumn and spring. The silver lining if you are based there will be the cheaper housing options that don't require a lengthy commute.

You forgot more/bigger TS
Will be Low Vis experts for sure

[tossbag]

WSI is a no brainer, if you're crew, live on the western side of the Blue Mountains or down south. Pax, no curfew to no curfew airports. Kingsford Smith would have to be one of the worse drives to an airport in Aus, besides being a prick of an airport.

[43Inches]

Living west of the ranges and commuting by car to WSI? The drive during winter will be more treacherous than trying to land there in the fog and storms.

[Slippery_Pete]

Originally Posted by Qanchor

Sooo, one star is in the news earlier this week for all the wrong reasons then this..

"Hey everyone look over here, big news, new route, new service, new airport, new everything, look here, right over here"

Maybe Jetstar are cutting out the middle-man at Mascot and their pilots can then import directly to the western suburbs.

[Capt Fathom]

The good thing about curfews…. you are generally signing OFF by midnight, rather than signing ON.

[neville_nobody]

This explains why in the latest EBA for NJS that the base is now "Sydney" not "SYD" so you can start at one airport then finish at the other. The tolls to drive out that way are so cheap too, what a deal!

Not sure they can do that. They would have to provide transport back to where you signed on. You could technically be made to fly from both but the cost of getting to the second place of employment is fully tax deductible so at least you could justify a nice car to get to your second airport.

Not sure how CASA would view two places of employment either under the new Flight & Duty Regs but since it’s QF group I’m sure CASA will just cave in to whatever the airline wants.

[Check_Thrust]

Originally Posted by JoeTripodi

This explains why in the latest EBA for NJS that the base is now "Sydney" not "SYD" so you can start at one airport then finish at the other. The tolls to drive out that way are so cheap too, what a deal!

Which section of the EBA do you refer?

[PiperCameron]

Originally Posted by tossbag

WSI is a no brainer, if you're crew, live on the western side of the Blue Mountains or down south. Pax, no curfew to no curfew airports. Kingsford Smith would have to be one of the worse drives to an airport in Aus, besides being a prick of an airport.

What with it's close proximity to north-south freeways, no curfew, crappy weather, and being a long way away from Bondi Beach, WSI will make a perfect freight hub. Like YMAV, only newer.

[JPJP]

Originally Posted by Lookleft

Good luck to all the men and woman who will be flying into it. Fog in winter and howling westerlies in the autumn and spring. The silver lining if you are based there will be the cheaper housing options that don't require a lengthy commute.

Other more personal accommodations may be required whist living in the ‘cheaper living option’ (they’re cheaper for a reason) - I’d start with a mullet, or perhaps a rat tail. With some prison ink to round out the look.

Maybe a small but professional laboratory for a weekend cook session with the boys. BYO gas mask and precursor chemicals of course.

Too soon ? 🥶

[tossbag]

The drive during winter will be more treacherous than trying to land there in the fog and storms.

I did it for a while and during winter, I think you're being a tad melodramatic

I realise you know everything Sensai, I hesitated posting as I didn't want to damage your standing but I felt the truth needed to be told.

[601]

I’d start with a mullet,

Obviously you have not had any of my superb smoked mullet.

[Lookleft]

As long as the mullet is in a nice looking pony-tail or man-bun when you sign on for work then its all good. A little bit of goth eye liner and you are the very essence of a WSI based airline pilot.

[brokenagain]

You can wear a skirt too. Just no beards, we don’t want our pilots looking unprofessional.

[Going Nowhere]

Originally Posted by brokenagain

You can wear a skirt too. Just no beards, we don’t want our pilots looking unprofessional.

unless you’re in a regional, in which case they don’t care because they’re all leaving anyway. They can still shave you once you get into QF.