Does your idea of a summer vacation include taking in the view of the Sydney Opera House, riding the iconic Manly Ferry, or making the dizzying climb up Sydney Harbour Bridge? You’re in luck because Hong Kong Airlines is starting new non-stop flights to Sydney this year. The daily service will begin on June 20, 2025, and will take passengers from the SAR directly to Sydney Airport. This will be the second airline based in the city to fly passengers to the popular Australian destination, and the carrier’s second route to the Land Down Under.
Hong Kong Airlines New Flights to Sydney
According to a statement from Hong Kong Airlines, the direct flights to Australia’s commercial capital will depart every day, and will be about 8.5 hours long. Passengers will depart Hong Kong at 10:25pm and arrive in Sydney at 9:50am the next morning. Flights returning to the SAR will leave at 11:30am and arrive at 7:15pm the same day.
This is Hong Kong Airlines’s second non-stop flight to Australia after the carrier began flying to Gold Coast again last month. However, unlike the year-round Sydney service, the Gold Coast flights will only operate four times a week during the Chinese New Year season.
More Long-Haul Flights Planned
Hong Kong Airlines hopes to connect the territory to more Australian and North American destinations — something the carrier has already started to work on by resuming its flights to Vancouver last month. Plans include expanding its network to include flights to Toronto, Los Angeles, and Seattle. In 2024, the airline added more flights to Vientiane, Sendai, Saipan, Xining, Da Nang, Chiang Mai, and Taichung and restarted their service to Kagoshima.
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