Passenger Terminal Today
Elizabeth Baker
27 January 2025

A team from the Fraport Group – a German aviation company founded a century ago – has arrived at Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) to provide specialist support over the coming months to help ready the airport’s operational readiness program ahead of the opening of commercial operations in 2026.

Operational Readiness and Airport Transition (ORAT)

The program will encompass all the assets and systems that thousands of workers have spent the past six years designing, building and installing. The team will then ensure each is equipped with the right processes, training, integrations and contingencies so the airport can be as prepared as possible when it welcomes its first customers. This will include a series of live trials, during which the new 24-hour airport will stress-test all of its systems to make sure they’re fit for purpose and the teams are trained up to support airlines and passengers from day one.

Read on: Fraport Group begins ORAT services at Western Sydney Airport ahead of 2026 opening - Passenger Terminal Today

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