So the rather amazing structure in the thumbnail looks NOTHING like the actual building? Channels that do that get an instant "don't recommend". I suggest other people might like to do this to discourage dishonest clickbait channels, otherwise it probably works for the channel to do these tricks.
@r-labs9357 Radical left socialism. Nothing that is beautiful or groundbreaking is permitted. We are the "democratic" version of USSR policy. All must be the same.
@@Never2Late8Fact. The airport design was developed under the extreme right wing fascist govt we got rid of in 2022. If you had half a brain you’d be dangerous!
Originally there was supposed to be a metro line all the way to Sydney but the current government cut it to a metro line to St Marys where people will have to change to the existing heavy rail line
it was always originally going to terminate at st Mary's (for now), but there are still plans to extend this line to other metro lines which'll take you to the city, albeit it might be slightly longer than taking Sydney trains. plus, this airport is meant to service WESTERN Sydney.@@overworlder
The new airport is mainly to accommodate western Sydney which is where all the growth in Sydney is, if you want to get to the city or eastern parts of the city you will still be able to fly to mascot which is a 10 minutes train ride to the city
Well imagine if the narrator was talking about a revolutionary bridge design in Brazil, would you want him to refer to the price in Brazilian Reals? Yeah didn't think so.
@@TylerGrieger Yes, I would, because many Brazilians would be watching it. As long as they mentioned the cost also in USD, as most of the world knows what their currency is worth in USD
@@ruidean72 No.. Americans need to know what their currency is worth compared to others... In every video when they add "That's equivalent to such and such $USD" is purely for the Americans watching, not for the world 🤣 Brits know what our pounds are worth without having it compared to USD... And when I lived abroad in Australia and NZ they knew what theirs is worth without having to have "Equivalent to $$$USD" 🤑
and inside too- especially Sydney International... its still stuck in the 70s and bag collection is in a small hall right next to the exit/ customs... insane queues to get out when I went few months ago...
No plans to have a direct train from the city centre to the airport. A Metro line to St Marys, then changing to a train to get to the city centre will take ages. St Marys is very far out. Will take over 1.5hrs
I suggest that's 1950s thinking (everything must connect to the 'city' - meaning the old harbour city) back when Western Sydney really was 'way out there'. The current geography is a whole different story. Frankly Western Sydney does not need the old harbour city, as much as the 'glamorous' harbour / coast needs the vibrant productivity and edgy entrepreneurship of Western Sydney. They are almost two separate complementary cities that just happen to live next door to each other; strongly interconnected, yet separated by the cultural 'Red Rooster Line'. The population centre of Greater Sydney is at Rosehill (nowhere near the harbour city centre) and is heading towards Parramatta. Western Sydney already has a greater population than the rest of Sydney. It's the third biggest population and business centre in the country. The West is closer to Sydney's water supply and incoming power transmission lines. It has a much bigger botanical gardens, more recreational space, rivers that rival the look of the Rhine, pretty rolling countryside with interesting villages, is closer to major world heritage sites, has the biggest hospital and health service centres, and is served by numerous nearby shopping and entertainment centres, etc. It is culturally welcoming, rather than snobby. It's where so many new arrivals come to become part of Australia. It treats other nearby coastal population centres (like the Illawarra and the Central Coast) as valued equals, not as lower class. The existing Sydney Airport will remain in use, and be used by those who live in the Eastern half of Sydney, or well heeled tourists who want to stay in expensive harbour-side accommodation. Those in the West and those looking for cheaper holidays will probably choose Western Sydney International (WSI). Why would people in the most populous part of Sydney want to go 'way in there' to catch a flight from the existing airport? Most people will not be going between the new airport and the old harbour city; they'll be going to where they live in the West. Even many international tourists will stay in the extensive and often cheaper accommodation in the west, and use the extensive transport system to visit tourist spots from Manly and Bondi in the east, through to the Blue Mountains to the west, and travelling to other parts of the country. The WSI Metro between the airport and the existing east-west rail station at St Marys is merely a first modest step. It will extend further south to Campbelltown/Macarthur and across to the passenger rail junction at Glenfield. It will extend further north to Schofields. That's a longer line than St Marys is from the centre of harbour Sydney. As such it forms a north-south spine for public transport throughout the rapidly growing industrial and residential areas already springing up around its corridor. You won't see much of it on Google as yet, but (for example) just take a drive along, say, Mamre Rd. and you will see what I mean. There are also plans and provisions for a another metro line, an extension of the Western Metro already being built for now from the harbour city (near Circular Quay) to the river city Parramatta/Westmead, then later on to WSI airport. Look closely at clips of the airport construction and you will se how space has been left for this extra line into the new airport, under Elizabeth Drive, then running parallel with the Metro to/from St Marys (note the spaces left beside it and under bridges around the Airport Business park). It's construction will probably coincide with the construction of the second parallel runway and more terminals.
@@tacitdionysus3220 the majority of tourists do not stay in the west. They stay in the inner city, inner west and eastern suburbs. As much as you feel western Sydney is growing most people from that area do travel into the city or to the beaches. Regardless, this airport is not created for the people living on the outskirts of Western Sydney. It is a secondary airport for the city and infrastructure should reflect that. London has numerous airports all quite far and yet all connect into central London. Badgery's Creek is way out there. I grew up near Bankstown and still think areas such as Leppington etc are very far and will never travel there unless necessary . There should be a fast train from this new airport into the city or even to Kingsford Smith stopping at key locations. Just going to St Marys is an absolute joke.
@@chasingjohn That may be true now. But, you can't change the geography of a place so significantly, and not have significant flow-on effects. If as you suggest, it's just another Stansted (if that), then one modest rail connection into an existing system might be all that can be justified, especially if about 75% of people will be using other forms of transport (based on KSA) A direct connection between WSI and KSA is harder to justify. If say I am flying to Sydney to connect with another service that only goes from one airport, then I will probably get a connecting flight to that airport, rather than commute from one to the other. Time will tell. A trend should be apparent within 10 years. It probably won't all be exactly as I suggest, but I'm certain that it will not just be much the same as now. Half of Greater Sydney's population is now closer to WSI than KSA, and that will probably increase. That's not a demographic indicating WSI will always be noticeably 'secondary'.
The new airport isn't meant to be for tourists wanting to the city, it's meant to alleviate passengers travelling to and from western Sydney away from Kingsford Smith since a lot of families in western Sydney are immigrants who still have family in other countries. Western Sydney is one of the fastest growing areas in the country with Parramatta and Liverpool becoming important business and commercial hubs.
@@JayJayGamerOfficial Yeah, I agree an important market for WSI will be VFR (visiting friends and relatives). It might also attract a new type of tourist interested in exploring nature deep in the Blue Mountains, Wollemi, the Gardens of Stone, the rustic NSW goldfields and beyond, rather than taking selfies in front of the Opera House. And there are also niche activities. For example, if I arrive before dawn and my room won't be available until the afternoon, where can I go for a unique experience. Always amazed at how few people know how pretty the countryside is to the south of WSI, and how Rhine-like the valleys of the Hawkesbury are to the north. Or places like Sydney Zoo, Featherdale Wildlife Park, or the vast Mt Annan Botanical Gardens.
Great video! My only critique is pronunciation of Bringelly Rd, it’s pronounced “Brin-Jelly” like jello, lol. I actually live on bringelly road, this project is super exciting for us, our property is expected to gain $400k in value on the airports opening, we are laughing to the bank.
Looking at the proposed rail and transport links, if they don't fix that and provide a direct link to the city I suspect that this new airport might end up being the next Mirabel Airport.
I can't believe they think one runway will be sufficient to handle 10,000,000 passengers/40,000 flights per year! They better get going on the second runway!
The design of WSI is rather lackluster, they have it marketed as Sydney new international airport but the terminal looks small and with a single runway it doesn't seem like it'll last long before another airport will be needed. Even with the duplication plan the other terminal will be some distance away from the current one judging by how far the metro station seems to be from the metro and it will also be the same size. It also doesn't help with the fact that they are promoting it as a 24/7 airport which is what Sydney needs but are building a new 'cbd' just down the road from it, I garuntee in a couple decades it will have the same operation time as Kingsford smith in mascot which has a curfew due to the development nearby. It's still better than nothing though with the ever growing western Sydney region getting further away from the overflowing Kingsford smith airport it was the right decision to build a new airport in the area so those people have better access to the airport, not only bringing passenger levels down for Kingsford smith but also reducing travel times for many of the people wanting to travel to the airport.
Given that the much busier London Heathrow airport currently uses two parallel runways, and handles 80 million passengers and nearly half a million movements a year, I figure it will do just fine.
@@tacitdionysus3220 And those are the kind of thoughts that get airports in trouble. One runway won't handle it. They had to expand to another runway in the current airport, so why would one work for a new one? Bad concept.
@@sanandaallsgood673 I don’t understand your comment. It will have two runways, with the second built as traffic grows. The current Sydney airport started with two, with another runway, shorter and not widely separated from the other. WSI will have two widely separated runways. So much so that they can operate virtually as two separate interconnected airports. That, plus the more sophisticated landing aids make higher movement frequencies and shorter taxiing times possible than at the current airport, even in bad weather.
@@tacitdionysus3220 If two runways are planned then that's more acceptable, however in the video it showed (and I believe said) there would only be one, hence my comment.
Quite a reasonable clip covering most aspects of building the Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport. Some mispronunciations, like 'Bringelly' is pronounced 'Brin-jelly', but that's forgivable. Some additional points of interest are: - It will not have a Control Tower as such, but an extensive system of cameras and sensors, feeding to a control centre about 15 km away, where the airport traffic is electronically displayed for its air traffic controllers. - It's better to think of the new airport not so much as 'Sydneys second airport', but as WESTERN Sydney's Airport. Many Sydney-siders who live around the harbour / coastal city side still struggle with this concept. You'll see this reflected in comments about how 'it's too far away', 'will take too long to get there', and 'isn't strongly connected to their idea of the 'City'. Naturally people who live more to the east will continue to use the existing airport, just that it will now be less pressured. But the new airport is actually closer to most of the population of greater Sydney. From day one it will have a metro connecting it to a major rail line, soon after it will link with another line giving rail access to the old airport and the harbour city. In a few decades it will be served by another metro line from Parramatta and on into the harbour city. And (as at the existing airport) rail is only expected to attract about 20-25% of the people using it. Geography has long moved on from when the centre of Sydney was around the Harbour Bridge. The population centre of Sydney is at Rosehill, way west of there, and moving further in that direction. Western Sydney already has a greater population and growth rate than the rest of Sydney. It is the third biggest population / enterprise centre in the whole country. The West also has a different culture. Harbour Sydney to the East is all about old money, harbour views, glamorous lifestyles, tourist traps, finance, institutions, and image over substance. It's often shallow and hedonistic, (with designer labels). The West is where the real work gets done. It's more authentically vibrant and pragmatic. It's a more family place, and much of it has a younger demographic. It's more genuinely diverse, yet more typically Australian at the same time. It's more of a place 'on the edge' where real innovation occurs and is nurtured. For example, one reason WSI is probably on time and budget is because it's largely being built by the locals, and they're consistently and genuinely talented at doing that sort of thing. Western Sydney also has several widely separated major centres. It's already mostly a set of natural, unforced, 30 minute cities. And they are each not small. For example, they usually have around 100,000 people or so, have their own large shopping complexes, university campuses, major hospitals and health precincts, transport hubs, high rise buildings, etc. But the West is often sneered at by harbour Sydney-siders. It's thought of as lower class, less educated, less refined, less everything. The West is inevitably going to shine anyway, but WSI gives it a significant and perhaps even iconic piece of infrastructure around which people can more identify and rally. WSI is a powerful social catalyst as much as a place where aircraft take off and land.
Well said !!! And thanks for the more informative detailed explanation. I agree with you. At least the city is *doing something* even if there have been more than a few hiccups to get underway ... and likely to be more with every major project!
@@kenehnsklp5530 I've forgotten more than you'll ever know about travel, hun. Just because you have trouble thinking for yourself don't take it out on me.
I have to say the design looks like it was done by a bean counter. And nothing like the rendering. The train transport link looks underwhelming, but when I looked for a decent map it turns out there will be three seperate lines linking the airport. Including Sydney metro from the city centre. Not just a spur
I flew the Concorde 4 times....3xBA and 1xAF...experience of a lifetime. Copassengers included, on various flights, Rudolf Nureyev, Barbara Streisand ...cannot remmeber the others...
Of course, with all the inevitable commercial around the airport, it will soon be the same as Kingsford Smith - hemmed in with no place to expand. Getting out there without a direct rail connection is going to be a nightmare other than from the immediate surrounding suburbs. Plus the inevitable issues arising for passengers having to transfer between the two airports for onward connections. It may look impressive on paper, but there is so so much wrong with the plans developed so far. What they really needed to have done was build the high speed rail from Brisbane to Sydney and on to Melbourne years ago. That would have relieved the pressure on Kingsford Smith by removing traffic off two of the busiest air routes in the world.
The airport anyone living around the city will try to avoid having to use... It will take forever to get there, particularly compared to the existing one. You'd think they would have thought of a high speed train but you'll have to go around and take ages.
Will be convenient to get to and from if you live in the west. Getting there from the city will be a headache. Still the best option so far. Would be great to have an express route from the city.
Now for the negatives. The thumbnail image has NOTHING to do with the airport. The rail line is not compatible with the rest of the Sydney network thus requiring users to change trains, with luggage. Aviation fuel will be TRUCKED rather than piped. There goes any pretence to sustainability. Most of the passengers will arrive by road. Not rail.
I wonder how much it would have cost if the Wagner guys built it. Wellcamp, an International airport in Queensland, cost AUD$75 Million and took 18 months to construct.
I thought the rundown was good. I’m a local so I am interested in the progress of the airport but it’s nice to see someone from outside Aus taking an interest too. We are a small country and not as important on the world stage as many would have us believe. Still, we can move dirt around with the best of them! I will say though, the room for rapid expansion leads me to wonder if sale and closure of Kingsford Smith is in the 20 year plan. The airport has an eight fold capacity forecast over 40years. Difficult to imagine the Aus population being 240 million by 2060 so where is that capacity coming from exactly?…. Interesting.
I didn't know the Concorde visited Sydney Airport in 1919, nor that we were paying for the new one in Brittish Pounds. But hey, seems AI does stupid things to UA-cam these days. I gave you 60 seconds of my time, I'm not giving you any more.
Hmm Sydney Lovely place cheap to live easy to get around in and now this new lovely Airport love the place get the sarcasm It will be so easy like the existing airport no hassle with the security friendly folks and very patient very organised too love those Aussie Airports very friendly places this will be so great
Shame the structure is not iconic, imaginative, but just another box. As for the interior’s undulating wooden canopy- a bit of Barajas envy? Was there a competition for its design? Boring Gatwick and Athens have such a long terminal. I’d wait to see it before I make a final evaluation.
Sydney also has 2 main cities Wollongong and Newcastle with population over 300000 people each . It will heading to half a million people. The baggery Creek airport would take them 3-4 hour to get there. You talking about a million people would miss out travelling oversea and return they have to stay overnight in sydney before they can get home,expensive hotel in sydney for 8 hours sleep😢
@@MrJpblue1000 hey ..new airport is fine. Australia has lot of money and slso airport can recover investment as it rakes in money by fees. But the fact is that median house in sydney has reaced $1.6M. This price is high due to govts tight control in regional areas through land zoning and restricton of subdivision of land. its effect is to keep prices high there ..and hence city prices will be high. It is insane manipulation by oz govt
Agreed !! When I knew the location of this airport I was shocked. It’s about 10 km NW from Bringelly where you don’t even find a coffee shop in this suburb. Population is about 2k and it’s very remote area. We will have to travel 45 km to the CBD if you stay in hotels or visiting OH or whatever we like to do on the city area. It’s going to be a Maddie e failure
@@Wwenov if you want to travel to the CBD fly to Kingsford Smith. This is a western Sydney airport not CBD. Bigger population than 'traditional' Sydney in west that this airport will service
WTF - Why would the north American ignorant commentator quote the cost of am Australian infrastructure project in English pounds instead of Australian dollars ? Its like an Australian commentator quoting an Amercian project in Mexican pesos
I travel quite a lot and over the years I have seen some amazing airports like the Changi airport in Singapore which was for years the best in the world . Then they added a waterfall which has cost them a billion dollars. Will our government spend a billion dollars on a feature?First impression is a last impression.
every international person that walks into Syd airport sees Sydney is stuck in the 70s lol its shameful... though security is great, theres no need to take out anything, undress, and its more automated... unlike other airports though no smokers area. all the smokers must crowd in a toilet or something for hours waiting for their plan
We do this stuff really well. The Sydney Olympics in 2000 were the first in 50 years to come in at a profit and all the facilities are in full use today. What we see here is only half the airport. This will take freight. The second side has another runway and has the terminal in the picture. But the links to the CBD are a disaster. The rail will take 90 minutes and a car trip 2 hours. Poeple will still want to use the old airport due to its proximity to Sydney's good bits.
Not true! The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics made a huge profit. Lol, every stadium used is still in use today. The Los Angeles Coliseum will become the only stadium to open 3 Olympics in 2028, the other 2 being 1932, 1984. There has been talk about demolishing Sydney Olympic Stadium (not even called that anymore) believe me talk about demolishing the incredible Los Angeles Coliseum, would be akin to talking about demolishing the Colosseum in Rome. Also, the legendary Rose Bowl the site of World Cup Soccer Finals like 1994 Italy vs Brazil was also used in 1984 Olympics, will be used again in 2028 Olympics.
There's a lot of talk about the real reasons why this site was selected, one of which being a major land owner from the same area is a rather significant donator to which ever political party is in power at the time. There were figures for one side of the northern road of $3000000/square acre with the other side lucky to get 1/4 that. The side of the road that isn't affected by the airport but by supporting infrastructure has only lost a small fraction of his land by comparison to those on the other side of the northern road. There is ample of room for a connecting train from Campbelltown to Penrith, but ol matey with all the land won't ever be made to sell up because of the above mentioned political donations
Don’t people wish airports weren’t so wide open as far as space and privacy walking around? Put some more like fake trees and stuff around or something lol
Once we flip to our Sovereignty there will be no need for passports, I'm suspecting this is the need for the new airport with millions of travellers expected 🤔
Hmmm. They seem to have forgotten about a provision for an aviation fuel supply pipeline and also a direct and interchange free heavy rail connection to Sydney CBD. On the other hand I love your AI voice that goes well with all that PR propaganda.
Apparently, they are going to truck it all in from Botany and Kernel storage facilities. Multiple toll roads with over crowding already, and will only take a small accident to hold it all up. I wonder if they checked how much fuel the larger jets take on board. Cars take litres, planes take TONNES!!!
What a contrast to the line in the Middle East. This shows exactly how to accomplish ambitious goals. Unlike the other giant but failed project that features splashy videos with a young lady floating through the air, this airport project meets the demands made on it, and on time and on budget. No pie in the sky here!
Opening is scheduled for December 2026. Test flights and operational testing from late 2025. The Metro to St Marys is deficient in that it should have continued south from Bradfield to Leppington less than 10 km, where the end of the existing rail line ends... allowing speedy rail connection to Liverpool and beyond. Residents of the Lower Blue Mountains are rather unhappy about their peaceful existence lost to 24 hour airport operation. There is also the question of how much of that burnt aviation fuel from takeoffs will end up in Warragamba Dam - Sydney's main water catchment.... Ah progress... 40 years ago Badgerys Creek was under consideration along with Richmond and Holsworthy. The Commonwealth held large tracks of land at Badgerys Creek. Part of that is the centre of the Aerotropolis suburb of Bradfield, named after the famed engineer John Bradfield who designed Sydney Harbour Bridge...
Australia has so much to offer when it comes to architecture, but what is being built is meh!! Nothing of our culture and traditions are being showcased ot incorporated in the architecture, which is so very sad and lost opportunity!!
have you interrogated the architecture and can confirm this, have you participated in the design meetings discussing cultural expression and can confirm its devoid of representation. I think not!
@MrJpblue1000 clearly your due diligence is absent from the visuals put out !! May be a better to pose question you post to me and keep them for the same meetings before agreeing to releasing visuals !!
@@sandeepsandhu4286 but what about the visuals does not express Australian culture. Have you seen the local sandstone, the undulating ceiling reflecting the Blue mountains, the great Australian light voids and incorporated art, have you seen the temple of retail, varied food offerings, and material choices and art installations. What culture were you hoping to see, how is that culture expressed in a tin shed. As a presumably Australian tax payer are you happy to pay more tax such whatever culture your not seeing can be expressed to your satisfaction. Architecture has limitations, budgets, programs, taste and operational needs, biosecurity and legal considerations. It's an airport, not a shrine!
@MrJpblue1000 Sorry, but that's just lame !! I'll leave it at that because I am not here to argue, but express what visuals presented.. rest ill leave to your meetings and architectural interpretation that dont neccessarily translate to the naked eye in their presented form
They could house the poor and give pensioners enough to live comfortably instead of not being able to pay bills/food/medicine yet they spend money on unnecessary things instead.
Let's ignore the clickbait for a moment and ponder travel time to the city from this new 'destination in it's own right'. At 2am, visitors may well reach the city in under an hour but I pity the unfortunates who find themselves in Western Sydney's traffic - it had to happen sooner or later and I'm guessing there are some very unhappy NIMBYs out there.
@@robg6688 kinda defeats the purpose of building a second airport out in the boonies to relieve. congestion. I'm guessing that BC will become the only option for low cost carriers and Mascot will be reserved for QANTAS and the other $$$$ airlines. Anyone who has flown to KL knows they have a 30-40 minute cab ride to get into the CBD, but cabs are cheap in Malaysia and it's a breeze until the traffic thickens near your hotel. Interesting times ahead for travellers.
@@arthurwatts1680 but why is every single passenger going back to the city? There are 1.2 million people in western Sydney that travel and also have family overseas. That’s a really big thing and don’t need the city. You’re also forgetting our friends in western NSW which also probably as up to another million who now have a very viable and convenient option to travel. I for one would love to not have to get up at 4am and get to KS to fly to my interstate destinations for work. If you’re a tourist then by all means land in KS but it also takes you 25 to get to the ‘bra, 30 to Coogee and 40 to Bondi. Not the convenient spot you think it is. As for the low cost carrier stuff. I doubt Qatar Airlines etc would pass up going to our airport here. I doubt that very much
I mean are you including the estimated $5bn metro line? Where did you get your numbers from because I can’t find any accurate numbers. I see some from $2.4bn to $5bn, $11bn and $22bn. I want to know the actual price
The guy making the video is completely unreliable. Like I clicked on the vid, saw something completely different to what I wanted to watch, disliked the vid and moved on.
@@rmimpact The airport itself not including metro and M12 connection was quoted at $8bn publicly, but as it stands with changes and variations it is at $9bn. But due to sandstone spoil from tunnelling for Sydney metro and M8/M4 and other tunnelling projects around Sydney being trucked to Luddenham for storage and then use as base material for the runway, the true cost to tax payers would be higher.
ps my then girlfriend, now wife, were lucky to stand under the wing...we are there in this photograph towards the front. Think of the "security" implications these days...
Any other new airports we should cover?
The new Istanbul airport.
One where the video thumbnail reflects the airport you're actually taking about.
The new Bangalore airport, Istanbul airport and Doha airport to name a few.
The Hong Kong International Airport new third runway project
Hope when its finished, it’s not like the Rozelle-Gate
So the rather amazing structure in the thumbnail looks NOTHING like the actual building?
Channels that do that get an instant "don't recommend".
I suggest other people might like to do this to discourage dishonest clickbait channels, otherwise it probably works for the channel to do these tricks.
Same here - won't be coming back.
same here
Man uses British pounds to describe its cost 🤦♂️
Agree, pure clickbait image. Thumbs down.
😮😮 oh my god this is going crazy. Are you crazy? I’m correct you’re not correct.
Why the click bate thumbnail? The actual airport being built too boring to picture?
Photo is very deceiving. Airport will look like other Ozzie airports, boring and nothing special.
cause it's ai generated
Why are all Aussie airports crap? especially considering that is has a major aviation industry
@r-labs9357
Radical left socialism. Nothing that is beautiful or groundbreaking is permitted. We are the "democratic" version of USSR policy. All must be the same.
@@Never2Late8 yes. Australia is the perfectedly surpassed version of the USSR
@@Never2Late8Fact. The airport design was developed under the extreme right wing fascist govt we got rid of in 2022. If you had half a brain you’d be dangerous!
If I was in the middle of Sydney and look east, I would
Not be looking at Botany Bay
100% I was just about to type this
If you stand in the middle of Sydney and look directly east, you will be looking out to the Tasman Sea. Botany Bay is to the south....
I will be interested to see how the City to Airport travel turns out.. NSW not known for its ease of getting from A to B..
Originally there was supposed to be a metro line all the way to Sydney but the current government cut it to a metro line to St Marys where people will have to change to the existing heavy rail line
it was always originally going to terminate at st Mary's (for now), but there are still plans to extend this line to other metro lines which'll take you to the city, albeit it might be slightly longer than taking Sydney trains. plus, this airport is meant to service WESTERN Sydney.@@overworlder
@@overworlder apparently there are plans from tallawong to st marys but they've been put on the backburner, not suprised
The new airport is mainly to accommodate western Sydney which is where all the growth in Sydney is, if you want to get to the city or eastern parts of the city you will still be able to fly to mascot which is a 10 minutes train ride to the city
Our beloved government already calculated how much toll fees we will have to pay and people are already saying they will use the old route.
>Australia
>British Pound
Might want to update your AI that writes your scripts bud.
1966 was the last time pounds were used here.
american accent on an Australian topic, in English pounds. Yeah, this isnt propaganda
Well imagine if the narrator was talking about a revolutionary bridge design in Brazil, would you want him to refer to the price in Brazilian Reals?
Yeah didn't think so.
@@TylerGrieger Yes, I would, because many Brazilians would be watching it. As long as they mentioned the cost also in USD, as most of the world knows what their currency is worth in USD
@@ruidean72 No.. Americans need to know what their currency is worth compared to others... In every video when they add "That's equivalent to such and such $USD" is purely for the Americans watching, not for the world 🤣 Brits know what our pounds are worth without having it compared to USD... And when I lived abroad in Australia and NZ they knew what theirs is worth without having to have "Equivalent to $$$USD" 🤑
Great, after 15 hr flight you will still have to drive 40 kms to get to the city. Truly unforgettable experience in your words.
The airport should have been built and completed in the 90's 😵💫
Rip Olympics ads from 96
They were talking about building this airport in 1981
@@biggils8894 yes ... talking
Australia’s airports all look like an inflated bus depot.
and inside too- especially Sydney International... its still stuck in the 70s and bag collection is in a small hall right next to the exit/ customs... insane queues to get out when I went few months ago...
yea thats true but they are along way from Europe and the USA, its a relatively small country tbh.
The aircrafts are all air-buses now ...
No need to say it is going to be the best in the world. I have seen some amazing airports in the world and this one won’t even come close.
Too much marketing bable and the cover photo is imaginative if not drug enduced but total misleading. Handy overview though.
CAT III B ? Actually even CAT III C has been with us for many years .
No plans to have a direct train from the city centre to the airport. A Metro line to St Marys, then changing to a train to get to the city centre will take ages. St Marys is very far out. Will take over 1.5hrs
I suggest that's 1950s thinking (everything must connect to the 'city' - meaning the old harbour city) back when Western Sydney really was 'way out there'. The current geography is a whole different story. Frankly Western Sydney does not need the old harbour city, as much as the 'glamorous' harbour / coast needs the vibrant productivity and edgy entrepreneurship of Western Sydney. They are almost two separate complementary cities that just happen to live next door to each other; strongly interconnected, yet separated by the cultural 'Red Rooster Line'.
The population centre of Greater Sydney is at Rosehill (nowhere near the harbour city centre) and is heading towards Parramatta. Western Sydney already has a greater population than the rest of Sydney. It's the third biggest population and business centre in the country. The West is closer to Sydney's water supply and incoming power transmission lines. It has a much bigger botanical gardens, more recreational space, rivers that rival the look of the Rhine, pretty rolling countryside with interesting villages, is closer to major world heritage sites, has the biggest hospital and health service centres, and is served by numerous nearby shopping and entertainment centres, etc. It is culturally welcoming, rather than snobby. It's where so many new arrivals come to become part of Australia. It treats other nearby coastal population centres (like the Illawarra and the Central Coast) as valued equals, not as lower class.
The existing Sydney Airport will remain in use, and be used by those who live in the Eastern half of Sydney, or well heeled tourists who want to stay in expensive harbour-side accommodation. Those in the West and those looking for cheaper holidays will probably choose Western Sydney International (WSI). Why would people in the most populous part of Sydney want to go 'way in there' to catch a flight from the existing airport? Most people will not be going between the new airport and the old harbour city; they'll be going to where they live in the West. Even many international tourists will stay in the extensive and often cheaper accommodation in the west, and use the extensive transport system to visit tourist spots from Manly and Bondi in the east, through to the Blue Mountains to the west, and travelling to other parts of the country.
The WSI Metro between the airport and the existing east-west rail station at St Marys is merely a first modest step. It will extend further south to Campbelltown/Macarthur and across to the passenger rail junction at Glenfield. It will extend further north to Schofields. That's a longer line than St Marys is from the centre of harbour Sydney. As such it forms a north-south spine for public transport throughout the rapidly growing industrial and residential areas already springing up around its corridor. You won't see much of it on Google as yet, but (for example) just take a drive along, say, Mamre Rd. and you will see what I mean.
There are also plans and provisions for a another metro line, an extension of the Western Metro already being built for now from the harbour city (near Circular Quay) to the river city Parramatta/Westmead, then later on to WSI airport. Look closely at clips of the airport construction and you will se how space has been left for this extra line into the new airport, under Elizabeth Drive, then running parallel with the Metro to/from St Marys (note the spaces left beside it and under bridges around the Airport Business park). It's construction will probably coincide with the construction of the second parallel runway and more terminals.
@@tacitdionysus3220 the majority of tourists do not stay in the west. They stay in the inner city, inner west and eastern suburbs.
As much as you feel western Sydney is growing most people from that area do travel into the city or to the beaches. Regardless, this airport is not created for the people living on the outskirts of Western Sydney. It is a secondary airport for the city and infrastructure should reflect that. London has numerous airports all quite far and yet all connect into central London. Badgery's Creek is way out there. I grew up near Bankstown and still think areas such as Leppington etc are very far and will never travel there unless necessary . There should be a fast train from this new airport into the city or even to Kingsford Smith stopping at key locations. Just going to St Marys is an absolute joke.
@@chasingjohn That may be true now. But, you can't change the geography of a place so significantly, and not have significant flow-on effects.
If as you suggest, it's just another Stansted (if that), then one modest rail connection into an existing system might be all that can be justified, especially if about 75% of people will be using other forms of transport (based on KSA)
A direct connection between WSI and KSA is harder to justify. If say I am flying to Sydney to connect with another service that only goes from one airport, then I will probably get a connecting flight to that airport, rather than commute from one to the other.
Time will tell. A trend should be apparent within 10 years. It probably won't all be exactly as I suggest, but I'm certain that it will not just be much the same as now.
Half of Greater Sydney's population is now closer to WSI than KSA, and that will probably increase. That's not a demographic indicating WSI will always be noticeably 'secondary'.
The new airport isn't meant to be for tourists wanting to the city, it's meant to alleviate passengers travelling to and from western Sydney away from Kingsford Smith since a lot of families in western Sydney are immigrants who still have family in other countries. Western Sydney is one of the fastest growing areas in the country with Parramatta and Liverpool becoming important business and commercial hubs.
@@JayJayGamerOfficial Yeah, I agree an important market for WSI will be VFR (visiting friends and relatives).
It might also attract a new type of tourist interested in exploring nature deep in the Blue Mountains, Wollemi, the Gardens of Stone, the rustic NSW goldfields and beyond, rather than taking selfies in front of the Opera House.
And there are also niche activities. For example, if I arrive before dawn and my room won't be available until the afternoon, where can I go for a unique experience.
Always amazed at how few people know how pretty the countryside is to the south of WSI, and how Rhine-like the valleys of the Hawkesbury are to the north. Or places like Sydney Zoo, Featherdale Wildlife Park, or the vast Mt Annan Botanical Gardens.
1:01 I don't think that photo is from 1919 bro
Definitely didn't look like that in 1919 and correct me if I'm wrong but the Concorde was not even a dream let alone park as KSA
The airport design is so underwhelming like an airport from 50 years ago. I mean who TF designed it? Some 80 year old?
Even the person who uploaded this had to find a cool looking airport to clickbait people in 😂
Construction companies are overcharging Australians so much we soon wont be able to afford essential infrastructure.
Great video! My only critique is pronunciation of Bringelly Rd, it’s pronounced “Brin-Jelly” like jello, lol.
I actually live on bringelly road, this project is super exciting for us, our property is expected to gain $400k in value on the airports opening, we are laughing to the bank.
Please do a video about the recently announced airport in Lisbon, high speed rail between Lisbon and madrid and the new bridge
Looking at the proposed rail and transport links, if they don't fix that and provide a direct link to the city I suspect that this new airport might end up being the next Mirabel Airport.
I can't believe they think one runway will be sufficient to handle 10,000,000 passengers/40,000 flights per year! They better get going on the second runway!
The design of WSI is rather lackluster, they have it marketed as Sydney new international airport but the terminal looks small and with a single runway it doesn't seem like it'll last long before another airport will be needed. Even with the duplication plan the other terminal will be some distance away from the current one judging by how far the metro station seems to be from the metro and it will also be the same size. It also doesn't help with the fact that they are promoting it as a 24/7 airport which is what Sydney needs but are building a new 'cbd' just down the road from it, I garuntee in a couple decades it will have the same operation time as Kingsford smith in mascot which has a curfew due to the development nearby. It's still better than nothing though with the ever growing western Sydney region getting further away from the overflowing Kingsford smith airport it was the right decision to build a new airport in the area so those people have better access to the airport, not only bringing passenger levels down for Kingsford smith but also reducing travel times for many of the people wanting to travel to the airport.
Given that the much busier London Heathrow airport currently uses two parallel runways, and handles 80 million passengers and nearly half a million movements a year, I figure it will do just fine.
@@tacitdionysus3220 And those are the kind of thoughts that get airports in trouble. One runway won't handle it. They had to expand to another runway in the current airport, so why would one work for a new one? Bad concept.
@@sanandaallsgood673 I don’t understand your comment. It will have two runways, with the second built as traffic grows. The current Sydney airport started with two, with another runway, shorter and not widely separated from the other. WSI will have two widely separated runways. So much so that they can operate virtually as two separate interconnected airports. That, plus the more sophisticated landing aids make higher movement frequencies and shorter taxiing times possible than at the current airport, even in bad weather.
@@tacitdionysus3220 If two runways are planned then that's more acceptable, however in the video it showed (and I believe said) there would only be one, hence my comment.
Quite a reasonable clip covering most aspects of building the Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport. Some mispronunciations, like 'Bringelly' is pronounced 'Brin-jelly', but that's forgivable. Some additional points of interest are:
- It will not have a Control Tower as such, but an extensive system of cameras and sensors, feeding to a control centre about 15 km away, where the airport traffic is electronically displayed for its air traffic controllers.
- It's better to think of the new airport not so much as 'Sydneys second airport', but as WESTERN Sydney's Airport. Many Sydney-siders who live around the harbour / coastal city side still struggle with this concept. You'll see this reflected in comments about how 'it's too far away', 'will take too long to get there', and 'isn't strongly connected to their idea of the 'City'.
Naturally people who live more to the east will continue to use the existing airport, just that it will now be less pressured. But the new airport is actually closer to most of the population of greater Sydney. From day one it will have a metro connecting it to a major rail line, soon after it will link with another line giving rail access to the old airport and the harbour city. In a few decades it will be served by another metro line from Parramatta and on into the harbour city. And (as at the existing airport) rail is only expected to attract about 20-25% of the people using it.
Geography has long moved on from when the centre of Sydney was around the Harbour Bridge. The population centre of Sydney is at Rosehill, way west of there, and moving further in that direction. Western Sydney already has a greater population and growth rate than the rest of Sydney. It is the third biggest population / enterprise centre in the whole country.
The West also has a different culture. Harbour Sydney to the East is all about old money, harbour views, glamorous lifestyles, tourist traps, finance, institutions, and image over substance. It's often shallow and hedonistic, (with designer labels). The West is where the real work gets done. It's more authentically vibrant and pragmatic. It's a more family place, and much of it has a younger demographic. It's more genuinely diverse, yet more typically Australian at the same time. It's more of a place 'on the edge' where real innovation occurs and is nurtured. For example, one reason WSI is probably on time and budget is because it's largely being built by the locals, and they're consistently and genuinely talented at doing that sort of thing.
Western Sydney also has several widely separated major centres. It's already mostly a set of natural, unforced, 30 minute cities. And they are each not small. For example, they usually have around 100,000 people or so, have their own large shopping complexes, university campuses, major hospitals and health precincts, transport hubs, high rise buildings, etc.
But the West is often sneered at by harbour Sydney-siders. It's thought of as lower class, less educated, less refined, less everything. The West is inevitably going to shine anyway, but WSI gives it a significant and perhaps even iconic piece of infrastructure around which people can more identify and rally. WSI is a powerful social catalyst as much as a place where aircraft take off and land.
Well said !!! And thanks for the more informative detailed explanation. I agree with you. At least the city is *doing something* even if there have been more than a few hiccups to get underway ... and likely to be more with every major project!
When Syd goes on and build a Mega airport, Melbourne has never been able to have even a train to the airport. Even Perth and Brisbane have!
You need to thank the definition of corruption Dan Andrews
There are double decker buses regularly to Melbourne city
It's total nonsense that a train is even needed. A totally unchallenged assumption.
@@surfrescue3232 you obviously dont travel enough and don't understand that ease and speed of traffic helps develop an economy.
@@kenehnsklp5530 I've forgotten more than you'll ever know about travel, hun. Just because you have trouble thinking for yourself don't take it out on me.
I have to say the design looks like it was done by a bean counter. And nothing like the rendering. The train transport link looks underwhelming, but when I looked for a decent map it turns out there will be three seperate lines linking the airport. Including Sydney metro from the city centre. Not just a spur
I flew the Concorde 4 times....3xBA and 1xAF...experience of a lifetime. Copassengers included, on various flights, Rudolf Nureyev, Barbara Streisand ...cannot remmeber the others...
Don't forget the 11pm curfew on flights at Mascot.
Of course, with all the inevitable commercial around the airport, it will soon be the same as Kingsford Smith - hemmed in with no place to expand. Getting out there without a direct rail connection is going to be a nightmare other than from the immediate surrounding suburbs. Plus the inevitable issues arising for passengers having to transfer between the two airports for onward connections. It may look impressive on paper, but there is so so much wrong with the plans developed so far. What they really needed to have done was build the high speed rail from Brisbane to Sydney and on to Melbourne years ago. That would have relieved the pressure on Kingsford Smith by removing traffic off two of the busiest air routes in the world.
The airport anyone living around the city will try to avoid having to use... It will take forever to get there, particularly compared to the existing one. You'd think they would have thought of a high speed train but you'll have to go around and take ages.
Saw title and thumbnail, clicked it, watched first min, nothing special, disliked the misleading vid and saw strange numbers. Disappointing
Will be convenient to get to and from if you live in the west. Getting there from the city will be a headache. Still the best option so far. Would be great to have an express route from the city.
I live right next to the airport, the amount of underground tunneling they are doing for metros and trains are insane
Now for the negatives. The thumbnail image has NOTHING to do with the airport.
The rail line is not compatible with the rest of the Sydney network thus requiring users to change trains, with luggage.
Aviation fuel will be TRUCKED rather than piped. There goes any pretence to sustainability.
Most of the passengers will arrive by road. Not rail.
Only initially, they have plans for a pipeline by 2030.
are you forgetting 1.2million population that lives out west or....?
Ill believe all the hype when I see it actually work
Why did China built such an impressive airport in Australia ?
Is this the one at Badgerys Creek?
did you watch the video?
I bought a unit 20 min drive from there, not sure what to think atm.
I heard on the news that the arrival terminal will be one the second floor and the departure on the first and I think it should be an opposite.
shows what you know about airport design
I wonder how much it would have cost if the Wagner guys built it. Wellcamp, an International airport in Queensland, cost AUD$75 Million and took 18 months to construct.
I thought the rundown was good. I’m a local so I am interested in the progress of the airport but it’s nice to see someone from outside Aus taking an interest too. We are a small country and not as important on the world stage as many would have us believe.
Still, we can move dirt around with the best of them!
I will say though, the room for rapid expansion leads me to wonder if sale and closure of Kingsford Smith is in the 20 year plan.
The airport has an eight fold capacity forecast over 40years. Difficult to imagine the Aus population being 240 million by 2060 so where is that capacity coming from exactly?…. Interesting.
I didn't know the Concorde visited Sydney Airport in 1919, nor that we were paying for the new one in Brittish Pounds. But hey, seems AI does stupid things to UA-cam these days. I gave you 60 seconds of my time, I'm not giving you any more.
Hmm Sydney Lovely place cheap to live easy to get around in and now this new lovely Airport love the place get the sarcasm It will be so easy like the existing airport no hassle with the security friendly folks and very patient very organised too love those Aussie Airports very friendly places this will be so great
Cheap? No .. hell no! $8 for corn on cob street vendors. Compared to Philippines which costs 25¢
Why is it a rectangle shape? Seems highly inefficient that way, no?
Shame the structure is not iconic, imaginative, but just another box. As for the interior’s undulating wooden canopy- a bit of Barajas envy? Was there a competition for its design? Boring Gatwick and Athens have such a long terminal. I’d wait to see it before I make a final evaluation.
Sydney also has 2 main cities Wollongong and Newcastle with population over 300000 people each . It will heading to half a million people. The baggery Creek airport would take them 3-4 hour to get there. You talking about a million people would miss out travelling oversea and return they have to stay overnight in sydney before they can get home,expensive hotel in sydney for 8 hours sleep😢
100 years later still nothing built
Before anyone starts watching, this is not the B1M. There, you've been warned.
We Aussies want cheap houses From $50K. Not expensive f airports 😮
at 50K? ya wanna tree hut?
@@Hedriks dude, go to Dubai. Hasta la vista😐
Might not want a new airport, but you need a new airport, and your getting one, right where its needed!
@@MrJpblue1000 hey ..new airport is fine. Australia has lot of money and slso airport can recover investment as it rakes in money by fees. But the fact is that median house in sydney has reaced $1.6M. This price is high due to govts tight control in regional areas through land zoning and restricton of subdivision of land. its effect is to keep prices high there ..and hence city prices will be high. It is insane manipulation by oz govt
As someone who lives in Australia I would not want to fly into this airport when visiting Sydney. Its location is too far from the city centre.
Agreed !! When I knew the location of this airport I was shocked. It’s about 10 km NW from Bringelly where you don’t even find a coffee shop in this suburb. Population is about 2k and it’s very remote area. We will have to travel 45 km to the CBD if you stay in hotels or visiting OH or whatever we like to do on the city area. It’s going to be a Maddie e failure
@@Wwenov if you want to travel to the CBD fly to Kingsford Smith. This is a western Sydney airport not CBD. Bigger population than 'traditional' Sydney in west that this airport will service
WTF - Why would the north American ignorant commentator quote the cost of am Australian infrastructure project in English pounds instead of Australian dollars ? Its like an Australian commentator quoting an Amercian project in Mexican pesos
The airport terminal looks so small and not many gates to the plane
Yeah…45ks west….of the city.. and when did the have Concorde in 1919 .. as in your photo?
I travel quite a lot and over the years I have seen some amazing airports like the Changi airport in Singapore which was for years the best in the world . Then they added a waterfall which has cost them a billion dollars. Will our government spend a billion dollars on a feature?First impression is a last impression.
every international person that walks into Syd airport sees Sydney is stuck in the 70s lol
its shameful... though security is great, theres no need to take out anything, undress, and its more automated... unlike other airports
though no smokers area. all the smokers must crowd in a toilet or something for hours waiting for their plan
2:20 it will get crowded eventually. North West Sydney is basically India.
you forgot all the corruption going in one this one
We do this stuff really well. The Sydney Olympics in 2000 were the first in 50 years to come in at a profit and all the facilities are in full use today. What we see here is only half the airport. This will take freight. The second side has another runway and has the terminal in the picture. But the links to the CBD are a disaster. The rail will take 90 minutes and a car trip 2 hours. Poeple will still want to use the old airport due to its proximity to Sydney's good bits.
Not true! The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics made a huge profit. Lol, every stadium used is still in use today. The Los Angeles Coliseum will become the only stadium to open 3 Olympics in 2028, the other 2 being 1932, 1984. There has been talk about demolishing Sydney Olympic Stadium (not even called that anymore) believe me talk about demolishing the incredible Los Angeles Coliseum, would be akin to talking about demolishing the Colosseum in Rome. Also, the legendary Rose Bowl the site of World Cup Soccer Finals like 1994 Italy vs Brazil was also used in 1984 Olympics, will be used again in 2028 Olympics.
There's a lot of talk about the real reasons why this site was selected, one of which being a major land owner from the same area is a rather significant donator to which ever political party is in power at the time.
There were figures for one side of the northern road of $3000000/square acre with the other side lucky to get 1/4 that.
The side of the road that isn't affected by the airport but by supporting infrastructure has only lost a small fraction of his land by comparison to those on the other side of the northern road.
There is ample of room for a connecting train from Campbelltown to Penrith, but ol matey with all the land won't ever be made to sell up because of the above mentioned political donations
The end result is not showing
This new airport should have more than one runway
Not at the start. There is room for expansion.
That’s only the first stage
It's going to expand. It's only stage 1
2B is not even enough to build a light rail from Parramatta to Olympic Park by Aussie.
I'm sorry but you lost me at travelling to the city will be SEAMLESS
😅 no travelling in Sydney is ever going to be seamless
2026? Hahaha, 🎉🇦🇺yeah bruh.. 😎
Don’t people wish airports weren’t so wide open as far as space and privacy walking around? Put some more like fake trees and stuff around or something lol
So my question is... what happens to the old airport? This becomes a park, or urban infill, or what?
No. It will just receive less traffic.
Just gently pointing out that in the picture showing Sydney Airport in 1919, Concorde didn't exist then. Or 747s for that matter....😁
Love it
it's so far away and a nightmare to get to for most Sydneysiders
Once we flip to our Sovereignty there will be no need for passports, I'm suspecting this is the need for the new airport with millions of travellers expected 🤔
New airport is in the middle of absolutely nowhere won’t be travelling out that way to get a flight I’ll stick to Kingsford Smith.
No mention of the decision to have the flight path over a world heritage listed national park where there was minimal consultation.
Hmmm. They seem to have forgotten about a provision for an aviation fuel supply pipeline and also a direct and interchange free heavy rail connection to Sydney CBD.
On the other hand I love your AI voice that goes well with all that PR propaganda.
Apparently, they are going to truck it all in from Botany and Kernel storage facilities.
Multiple toll roads with over crowding already, and will only take a small accident to hold it all up.
I wonder if they checked how much fuel the larger jets take on board. Cars take litres, planes take TONNES!!!
What a contrast to the line in the Middle East.
This shows exactly how to accomplish ambitious goals.
Unlike the other giant but failed project that features splashy videos with a young lady floating through the air, this airport project meets the demands made on it, and on time and on budget. No pie in the sky here!
I like it but runway should have been 5-6kms to hold a new record in world.
airport will be th3 same old boxes lined upto make getting around a real pain, they missed out to design something special 0:32
the biggest earth moving project ever undertaken in Australia seems inaccurate in a country renowned for its mining exports. Otherwise a good vid.
Opening is scheduled for December 2026.
Test flights and operational testing from late 2025.
The Metro to St Marys is deficient in that it should have continued south from Bradfield to Leppington less than 10 km, where the end of the existing rail line ends... allowing speedy rail connection to Liverpool and beyond.
Residents of the Lower Blue Mountains are rather unhappy about their peaceful existence lost to 24 hour airport operation.
There is also the question of how much of that burnt aviation fuel from takeoffs will end up in Warragamba Dam - Sydney's main water catchment.... Ah progress...
40 years ago Badgerys Creek was under consideration along with Richmond and Holsworthy. The Commonwealth held large tracks of land at Badgerys Creek. Part of that is the centre of the Aerotropolis suburb of Bradfield, named after the famed engineer John Bradfield who designed Sydney Harbour Bridge...
Looks like a galvanized tin shed.
FC Barcelona could have used that money.
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Let’s fix melbourne airport first
Well it doesn't close at bedtime so... lol
Airbus A380 equipped ??
I live 5 mins away cheering
Pitiful discombobulated video that is ten times longer than it needed to be!
This information is actually correct and can be checked against official data and thos that criticis this channel must have an agenda to lie.
Have they checked the soil for Asbestos 😂😂😂
Damm more you say that the more lower the planes go over my house
Well you got every direction wrong
Australia has so much to offer when it comes to architecture, but what is being built is meh!!
Nothing of our culture and traditions are being showcased ot incorporated in the architecture, which is so very sad and lost opportunity!!
have you interrogated the architecture and can confirm this, have you participated in the design meetings discussing cultural expression and can confirm its devoid of representation. I think not!
@MrJpblue1000 clearly your due diligence is absent from the visuals put out !! May be a better to pose question you post to me and keep them for the same meetings before agreeing to releasing visuals !!
@@sandeepsandhu4286 but what about the visuals does not express Australian culture. Have you seen the local sandstone, the undulating ceiling reflecting the Blue mountains, the great Australian light voids and incorporated art, have you seen the temple of retail, varied food offerings, and material choices and art installations. What culture were you hoping to see, how is that culture expressed in a tin shed. As a presumably Australian tax payer are you happy to pay more tax such whatever culture your not seeing can be expressed to your satisfaction. Architecture has limitations, budgets, programs, taste and operational needs, biosecurity and legal considerations. It's an airport, not a shrine!
@MrJpblue1000 Sorry, but that's just lame !!
I'll leave it at that because I am not here to argue, but express what visuals presented.. rest ill leave to your meetings and architectural interpretation that dont neccessarily translate to the naked eye in their presented form
why have an amazing airport when the rest of the arterial roads in and out are absolutely crap?
5.3 billion aud
They could house the poor and give pensioners enough to live comfortably instead of not being able to pay bills/food/medicine yet they spend money on unnecessary things instead.
Let's ignore the clickbait for a moment and ponder travel time to the city from this new 'destination in it's own right'. At 2am, visitors may well reach the city in under an hour but I pity the unfortunates who find themselves in Western Sydney's traffic - it had to happen sooner or later and I'm guessing there are some very unhappy NIMBYs out there.
why wouldnt you just choose Kingsford Smith as your arrival?
@@robg6688 kinda defeats the purpose of building a second airport out in the boonies to relieve. congestion. I'm guessing that BC will become the only option for low cost carriers and Mascot will be reserved for QANTAS and the other $$$$ airlines. Anyone who has flown to KL knows they have a 30-40 minute cab ride to get into the CBD, but cabs are cheap in Malaysia and it's a breeze until the traffic thickens near your hotel. Interesting times ahead for travellers.
@@arthurwatts1680 but why is every single passenger going back to the city? There are 1.2 million people in western Sydney that travel and also have family overseas. That’s a really big thing and don’t need the city. You’re also forgetting our friends in western NSW which also probably as up to another million who now have a very viable and convenient option to travel. I for one would love to not have to get up at 4am and get to KS to fly to my interstate destinations for work.
If you’re a tourist then by all means land in KS but it also takes you 25 to get to the ‘bra, 30 to Coogee and 40 to Bondi. Not the convenient spot you think it is.
As for the low cost carrier stuff. I doubt Qatar Airlines etc would pass up going to our airport here. I doubt that very much
You might want to verify your facts and figures before publishing your video. $11Bil Aus costs and 4 million in first stage capacity.
I mean are you including the estimated $5bn metro line? Where did you get your numbers from because I can’t find any accurate numbers. I see some from $2.4bn to $5bn, $11bn and $22bn. I want to know the actual price
The guy making the video is completely unreliable. Like I clicked on the vid, saw something completely different to what I wanted to watch, disliked the vid and moved on.
@@rmimpact The airport itself not including metro and M12 connection was quoted at $8bn publicly, but as it stands with changes and variations it is at $9bn. But due to sandstone spoil from tunnelling for Sydney metro and M8/M4 and other tunnelling projects around Sydney being trucked to Luddenham for storage and then use as base material for the runway, the true cost to tax payers would be higher.
The most impressive feat Australia has ever seen. This is laughable at best. It's an airport nothing impressive about it
Australia's mega structures are boring compared to the rest of the world.
not sure why the airport looks so ugly from the outside
I think the design is so boring...looks like Flemington markets from above!
ps my then girlfriend, now wife, were lucky to stand under the wing...we are there in this photograph towards the front. Think of the "security" implications these days...
It looks exactly like Dallas's lame new convention center
10 million pax and u call it a mega airport??????
Just do it asap as Sydney needs it - make it happen.