AUS Airports Embraced COVID Opportunities

Airports have had a rough 18 months – but airport operators have made the most of the slowdown to undertake important upgrades and enhancements as they plan and prepare

THE SECTOR’S recovery from previous shocks, including the collapse of Ansett in 2001, the 9/11 terror attacks and the 1989 Australian Pilots Strike where more than 1,640 domestic pilots resigned, took around 18 months.

The length of recovery from COVID-19, however, remains uncertain both domestically and particularly internationally.