Sydney Flights

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Qantas is always an excellent flight. The staff is excellent, the food is good and they keep you entertained. Our first flight with them was a pleasure even with the long flight time; we just enjoyed some wine and watched movies. So far it is still the fairly roomy Boeing 747-400 that runs the route between Sydney and New York. In time I expect this to be upgraded to the A-380 although that will not happen until after September 2010 at the earliest due to limitations at JFK.

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This will almost always be your gateway into Sydney.

Not a super airport but it is good for what it does.

Plenty of shopping and you can pick up a SIM for your mobile before heading into town upon arrival.

The both the domestic and international terminals are connected to City Rail by the now private airport line. Not only will you need a ticket for the train, you will pay a surcharge to enter or exit airport stations.

Sydney Airport Buy RED TRAVELPASS WEEKLY $41

CHEAPEST way to get in & out of Sydney Airport & get around Sydney for next few days is to fly in p.u. your bags then go downstairs & buy a
RED TRAVELPASS WEEKLY Ticket from the underground Airport train station
but - DONT catch the train at the Airport - It will cost extra.

Head back upstairs & catch the 400 bus to Bondi Junction,
change at UNSW for the City.

The RED TRAVELPASS WEEKLY gets you unlimited trips 24/7 on
ferries, buses & trains around the inner suburbs of Sydney for 7days for $41 including to & from the airport on 400 bus only. (not airport trains)

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Heading TO the Airport Catch the 400 Bus from UNSW on ANZAC Parade.
This will take you all the way into the Airport.

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If you time you flights to arrive in the 'arvo' (afternoon) then make your
first trip using RED TRAVELPASS WEEKLY
- AFTER 3pm - you get to travel for the rest of that day
- PLUS the next 7 days.
Valid until 4am the following morning of the expiry date.

So that makes it a 7 + 1/2 day TRAVELPASS for $41

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MAP RED TRAVELPASS WEEKLY

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=105686047848531438589.0004650a56d062f8e7108

http://www.sydneyferries.info/maps.htm

http://www.sydneybuses.info/tickets/combined-tickets/travelpass.htm

http://www.cityrail.info/fares/travelpass.jsp

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Limitations

TravelPasses cannot be used:

* on Sydney Explorer buses
* on Bondi Explorer buses
* on Sydney Buses and Sydney Ferries special event services
or private bus company services
* to enter or exit Green Square, Mascot,
Domestic and International Train stations.
- A station access fee must be paid.

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I did already 2 trips via
http://travel.com.au
They are reliable online operators; after your query they usually send several itineraries & price-ranges, so you get intense e-mail communications with the respective person who is responsible for your trip.
Just give it a try, it worked out fine with me, living at the other side of the world - they even organised a one-week extra to and in New Zealand, as well as several daytours, flights and hotels at acceptable prices!

If you are flying into and out of Sydney, likely your journey will begin and end in the terminal of Kingsford-Smith International Airport. It is located south of downtown Sydney, with about a 20 minute cab ride into the downtown area.

International service is available from Sydney to a large amount of the world, serviced by the following airlines:

AR Aerolineas Argentinas +61 2 9234 9000
SB Air Calin +61 2 9244 2211
AC Air Canada 1300 655 767
CA Air China +61 2 9232 7277
AF Air France 1300 390 190
MK Air Mauritius 1300 658 572
NZ Air New Zealand 13 24 76
PX Air Niugini 1300 361 380
FJ Air Pacific 1 800 230 150
TN Air Tahiti Nui +61 2 9244 2799
NF Air Vanuatu +61 2 9299 9737
OZ Asiana Airlines 1300 767 234
BA British Airways 1300 767 177
CX Cathay Pacific 13 17 47
CI China Airlines +61 2 9231 5588
MU China Eastern +61 2 9290 1148
CZ China Southern +61 2 9233 9788
EK Emirates 1300 303 777
EY Etihad Airways +61 2 9231 8644
SJ Freedom Air 1800 122 000
GA Garuda Indonesia 1300 365 330
HA Hawaiian Airlines +61 2 9244 2377
JL Japan Airlines +61 2 9272 1111
JO JALways +61 2 9272 1111
9W Jet Airways +61 2 9244 2132
JQ Jetstar International 13 15 38
KE Korean Air +61 2 9262 6000
LA LanChile 1300 361 400
MH Malaysia Airlines 13 26 27
DJ Pacific Blue 13 16 45
PR Philippine Airlines +61 3 9650 2188
DJ Polynesian Blue 13 16 45
QF Qantas 13 13 13
BI Royal Brunei Airlines 1300 721 271
SQ Singapore Airlines 13 10 11
SA South African Airways +61 2 9287 8960
TG Thai Airways 1300 651 960
UA United Airlines 13 17 77
VN Vietnam Airlines 1300 888 028
VS Virgin Atlantic 1300 727 340
ZG Viva Macau 1300 848 262

All our Domestic Airlines depart from Sydney Domestic Airport located at Sydney's Kingsford Airport.

Our Domestic Airlines are:

www.qantas.com.au
www.Jetstar.com.au
www.virginblue.com.au

The cheapest being Jetstar and Virgin Blue.

Long Flight? Tired? Delayed Arrival? Late to meet someone?

Immigration can be particularly painful at Kingsford-Smith airport, and especially for international passport holders. For some reason there is always a large queue even out of peak hours. If you have flown in from the UK or some other far flung destination the last thing you want to do is stand in a queue for an hour or more.

So as you approach the passport control, do yourself a favour and buy a toblerone from the last duty free place as you approach. This will take you off down a side route that is reserved for duty free shoppers and has its own passport control officers.

The result? A much shorter queue - when I came through recently I was last off my flight, but very close to the front at the baggage collection. In my opinion worth the $13 AUD for some chocolate and less standing around.

As we arrived to Sydney by air, we found out that Sydney Airport (SYD) was just 9 kilometers south of the centre of Sydney. This international airport is quite a modern airports and all kinds of facilities like bureaux de change, cash machines (ATMs), restaurants, gift, souvenir and duty-free shops, parking facilities and also at Sydney airport there is a choice of car hire companies.

When we arrived and left the plane we saw that the sign were pretty clear and were able to find our way easy. Finally some relatives waited for us to pick us up and they guided us to the entrance and we left by car. Once again we were surpised that such an international airport is only 9 kilometers away from its city centre.