Video taking off 15x its usual first day

Passenger bound for Perth lands at Western Sydney's new airport

10 News captures destination confusion alongside celebrations for the airport's first international arrival, while a local traveler looks forward to a quick trip home.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,776 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (3,478).

New Sydney Airport Causes Chaos As Travellers Land At Wrong Location | 10 News

Ground staff celebrate on the tarmac, arriving passengers receive souvenirs, and Western Sydney International Airport welcomes its first international flight. But among the arrivals in 10 News' report is a traveler who expected to be on the other side of Australia.

"I saw Western Sydney. I thought it was Western Australia and I'm meant to be in Perth," he says.

Another passenger had expected Sydney's main airport. "We realised we were in the middle of nowhere," she says. These are different misunderstandings, and viewers are drawing that distinction in the comments: confusing Sydney's airports is not the same as confusing Western Sydney with Western Australia.

The report has drawn about 50,000 views in 20 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for short uploads. Its comment section is also much busier than usual, with the destination mix-up dominating the discussion.

Reporter Hannah Stuart's story has more than a wrong-airport anecdote, though. An Air New Zealand aircraft marks the start of international operations, and Stuart outlines further airline arrivals, beginning with Singapore Airlines in November and followed by VietJet, Fiji Airways and Qatar Airways.

For a local traveler, the new location means precisely the opposite of being stranded far from the destination. Asked about getting home, the answer is simple: "Heaven. I'll be at home soon and having a cup of tea."

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The facts

Channel: 10 News
Subscribers: 1,150,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 3,936,327
Channel views, pace per day: 238,810 (on a normal day: 508,146)
Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 49,796 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 53,776

The numbers

The airport report has already drawn a much larger audience than a usual first day for 10 News' short uploads. Comments have also passed the channel's usual first-day level by a wide margin.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,478

this video

53,776

subscribers

1,150,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

958,309,222

views per day

238,810