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Qatar Airways will become the latest international carrier to sign on at Western Sydney International Airport (WSI), launching a Doha service from 15 December 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n The airline will operate three flights a week between Hamad International Airport and WSI, with plans to build to daily services by the end of 2028. Tickets go on sale on 19 December 2026.<\/p>\n WSI becomes Qatar Airways\u2019 seventh Australian gateway, joining Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra.<\/p>\n Flights will be operated by the Boeing 777-300ER, with 42 Qsuite business class seats and 312 in economy, and Starlink Wi-Fi will be free for passengers.<\/p>\n QR906 will depart Doha at 1.40am each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving at WSI at 11.45pm. QR907 will leave WSI at 4.10pm each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, landing in Doha at 11pm.<\/p>\n The late-night arrival leans on WSI\u2019s 24-hour operating capacity, which airport chief executive Simon Hickey called one of its \u201ckey competitive advantages\u201d.<\/p>\n WSI chief executive Simon Hickey said the announcement came \u201cwith just four days to go until we welcome our first passengers\u201d, and that Qatar Airways was bringing its \u201c5-Star service\u201d to the airport.<\/p>\n He said the carrier would help lift WSI\u2019s network to more than 250 destinations within the first 14 months of operations, which he described as a strong start for Australia\u2019s first major greenfield international airport in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n \u201cThe timing of the service utilises one of WSI\u2019s key competitive advantages \u2013 it\u2019s 24-hour capacity \u2013 which will connect our global city in new and unprecedented ways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Qatar Airways Group chief executive Hamad Al Khater said the route would link Western Sydney with more than 170 destinations through Doha, and offer exporters a direct cargo route to the Gulf.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the airport operating around the clock, we will bring more international visitors to New South Wales,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The route has received support from the $16 million Western Sydney International Take-Off Fund, jointly funded by the NSW Government and WSI. The fund is forecast to deliver more than 162,000 international visitors to NSW and generate an estimated $530 million in visitor expenditure.<\/p>\n Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King said travellers could connect \u201cto any corner of the globe\u201d via Doha, while NSW Minister for Tourism Steve Kamper called the route \u201ca major win for NSW tourism, local businesses and jobs\u201d.<\/p>\n The new service also complements the Qatar Airways\u2013Virgin Australia partnership, which the airline said would support additional network development opportunities for Australian travellers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Qatar Airways will become the latest international carrier to sign on at Western Sydney International…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}