Newcastle Airport funds 20-person Singapore trade mission
Newcastle Airport is funding most costs for a 20-person trade delegation visiting Singapore on Sunday.
Newcastle Airport is funding most of a six-day trade mission to Singapore. The delegation includes 20 university and business leaders, tourism officials, and both councils' mayors.
The airport declined to share the total cost. Individual delegates generally pay for their own flights and accommodation.
The airport pays for invited guests. The mission aims to show the Hunter's economic scale.
About 500,000 passengers annually travel to and from the Hunter to Singapore and beyond.
- 500,000
- Annual Hunter-Singapore passengers
- 20 people
- Delegation size
- Six days
- Mission length
- Newcastle and Port Stephens councils
- Airport owners
Why it mattersThe airport is betting on direct Asia links. These will drive regional economic growth and international trade for the Hunter.
AustraliaIf the mission succeeds in attracting direct flights from Singapore to Newcastle, it would ease travel and trade for the Hunter region and NSW.
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