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Australia’s Infrastructure Minister Catherine King’s joint release with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Jetstar flight JQ362 was scheduled to depart at 11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time for the Gold Coast, marking the airport’s first passenger service.","The project was more than 40 years in the making: Badgerys Creek was designated for Sydney’s second major airport in 1986, followed by 15 years of planning, seven years of construction and a further year of testing. The release calls it Australia’s first major new airport in more than 50 years.","The terminal required more than nine million work hours; more than 13,000 workers delivered the broader precinct, and over half were from Western Sydney. These are cumulative project-delivery figures, not ongoing airport employment.","The terminal brings domestic and international passengers under one roof and includes more than 40 check-in kiosks and 34 bag-drop kiosks. The airport is intended to operate around the clock without a curfew. The government says the runway can accommodate ultra-long-haul aircraft, positioning the facility to serve routes as demand develops; that capacity statement is not a forecast of passenger numbers or flight frequency.","International airlines named in the release are Fiji Airways, Vietjet, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways. Qantas and Jetstar are identified as domestic operators. The Prime Minister said the first international flight was due to leave for Auckland on Monday, 26 October.","The airport is part of what the release calls an $18 billion investment in Australia’s third-largest economy, Western Sydney; that figure refers to the broader regional investment context, not a stated airport-only construction cost. 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Oktober 2026 besagt, dass mehr als 13.000 Beschäftigte zur Errichtung des größeren Flughafengeländes beitrugen und mehr als die Hälfte in Western Sydney wohnte. Dies ist eine bei der Eröffnung gemeldete kumulierte Projektarbeitskräftezahl, keine Zahl der aktuellen Flughafenbeschäftigten, gleichzeitig besetzten Stellen oder Jahresbeschäftigung. Die Formulierung „mehr als“ bleibt als Untergrenze erhalten.","en":"The Australian Government’s 25 October 2026 opening release says more than 13,000 workers helped deliver the broader airport precinct and more than half called Western Sydney home. The figure is a cumulative project-delivery count reported at opening, not a count of current airport staff, jobs held at once, or annual employment. “More than” is retained as a lower bound.","es":"El comunicado de apertura del Gobierno australiano del 25 de octubre de 2026 afirma que más de 13.000 trabajadores contribuyeron a construir el recinto aeroportuario más amplio y que más de la mitad vivía en el oeste de Sídney. Es un recuento acumulado de trabajadores del proyecto comunicado con la apertura, no de la plantilla actual del aeropuerto, empleos simultáneos ni empleo anual. Se conserva «más de» como límite inferior.","fr":"Le communiqué d’ouverture du gouvernement australien du 25 octobre 2026 indique que plus de 13 000 travailleurs ont contribué à réaliser l’ensemble de l’aéroport et que plus de la moitié vivaient dans l’ouest de Sydney. Il s’agit du décompte cumulé des personnes mobilisées pour le projet, communiqué à l’ouverture, et non des effectifs actuels de l’aéroport, d’emplois simultanés ou de l’emploi annuel. La borne « plus de » est conservée.","pt":"O comunicado de abertura do Governo australiano, de 25 de outubro de 2026, afirma que mais de 13.000 trabalhadores ajudaram a construir o recinto mais amplo do aeroporto e que mais de metade vivia no oeste de Sydney. Trata-se de uma contagem acumulada de trabalhadores do projeto divulgada na abertura, não do pessoal atual do aeroporto, de empregos simultâneos ou do emprego anual. Mantém-se «mais de» como limite inferior.","tr":"Avustralya Hükümetinin 25 Ekim 2026 tarihli açılış açıklaması, daha geniş havalimanı bölgesinin tamamlanmasına 13.000’den fazla çalışanın katkı sağladığını ve yarıdan fazlasının Western Sydney’de yaşadığını bildiriyor. 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Australia’s Infrastructure Minister Catherine King’s joint release with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Jetstar flight JQ362 was scheduled to depart at 11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time for the Gold Coast, marking the airport’s first passenger service.\n\nThe project was more than 40 years in the making: Badgerys Creek was designated for Sydney’s second major airport in 1986, followed by 15 years of planning, seven years of construction and a further year of testing. The release calls it Australia’s first major new airport in more than 50 years.\n\nThe terminal required more than nine million work hours; more than 13,000 workers delivered the broader precinct, and over half were from Western Sydney. These are cumulative project-delivery figures, not ongoing airport employment.\n\nThe terminal brings domestic and international passengers under one roof and includes more than 40 check-in kiosks and 34 bag-drop kiosks. 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