Virgin Australia connecting with Etihad through Sydney - is this transfer time possible?

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You're probably fine. Going from domestic to international, you don't need to recheck your bags. On arrival, just head to gate 46 for the Virgin transfer bus. In the international terminal, security & immigration at Sydney are usually quite efficient now that most passengers can use the autogates, I've averaged <10 min combined on my last half a dozen flights.

Also, if Etihad/Virgin sold you this itinerary as a single.ticket, they will take responsibility and put you.on the next flight if you miss the connection. However, if you have a separate connecting flight from Cairo, that's no longer their responsibility.

Finally, the connection in the other direction is tighter because arrival immigration is slower (although autogates help here too), you need to collect bags, take them through Customs and then check them in again. However, there are also very frequent SYD-MEL flights, so missing one is no big deal.

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