00:00Welcome to the Western Sydney Airport.
00:06It took decades of planning and $5.3 billion for this airport's designers to be able to
00:12make this announcement.
00:14This incredible terminal, the best in Australia, will be welcoming people from Western Sydney
00:22traveling to other parts of Australia and to the world.
00:26The new terminal boasts advanced features, like a baggage handling system that can process
00:312,000 bags an hour.
00:33We've got five-minute taxiing time.
00:35We've used technology by design to reduce the amount of time you're going to spend from
00:40when you land the aircraft and get to the terminal.
00:44That means you're quicker home.
00:46Air New Zealand becomes the latest airline to sign on here, joining Singapore Airlines
00:50Qantas and Jetstar.
00:53This terminal's completion, while not the very last item on this airport's to-do list,
00:58still marks the beginning of a slow and gradual gear shift, from construction to testing and
01:02operations.
01:04And if the government is serious about moving 10 million passengers a year through here by
01:09late next year, they'll need to figure out exactly how everyone's getting in and out
01:14of this airport.
01:15It's a great first step, but there's a lot more steps to come.
01:19There's still a lot of road and public transport projects that need to be delivered.
01:23The M12 motorway connecting the airport to the rest of Sydney is expected to be completed
01:28just before the airport is due to open.
01:30The metro line to St. Mary's will not.
01:33What we need now is the continual investment in the train lines, in the roads, to make sure
01:38the people of the West can get here safely and efficiently.
01:41A big ask for a state-of-the-art airport that, for now, can only be accessed through a single-lane
01:48rural road.
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