Sydney’s New $4 Billion Airport Opens With Barely Any Flights

(Bloomberg) -- After more than half a century of political procrastination, environmental protests and funding shortfalls, Sydney finally has a second airport. But the new A$5.6 billion ($4 billion) site’s commercial prospects are already in question.Western Sydney International, 50 kilometers (31 miles) inland from the city center, will handle its first passenger flight on Sunday — a Jetstar service to the Gold Coast. But the facility has attracted only a handful of airlines and has half-a-dozen or fewer scheduled flights…