Sydney’s second airport will soon be up and running. How different will it be to Melbourne’s Avalon?

With Western Sydney international airport due to start commercial flights, the title of Australia’s leading secondary airport is up for grabs Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast This weekend, the first commercial flight will embark from Sydney’s much anticipated new airport.

Passengers will depart from Western Sydney international airport’s architecturally lauded terminals amid much fanfare on Sunday.

It is not the first secondary airport to open in an Australian capital city with grand plans to transform transport for residents of the metropolis and its surrounds.

More than two decades ago, passenger flights began at Melbourne’s own second commercial airport: Avalon.

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