Category: Airports

Battle lines are being drawn between the federal and NSW governments over the placement of a second Sydney Airport, as the bipartisanship called for in the wake of a dire study on the city’s airport needs appears predictably elusive. Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has in recent days accused conservative NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell of

The federal government has rejected tougher regulation of Australia’s airports but has assigned the country’s competition watchdog to monitor airports for abuses of market power. That comes on the heels of a pair of reports on airports: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual airport monitoring report and the results of an inquiry by the

International Architecture firm Wood Bagot has been commissioned to complete the redesign of Perth Airport’s domestic and international terminals as the airport expands to meet a passenger boom. The first phase of the expansion, construction of a $200 million new domestic terminal aimed primarily at spiking regional travel, is already underway and scheduled for completion

The parent company of airports in Auckland, Cairns, Mackay and Queenstown has reported a 5.5 per cent increase in half yearly profits on the back of strong demand for international travel. Auckland Airport said after-tax profits for the group rose to NZ$69.1 million (A$53.6m) for the six months ending December 31. Revenues were up 8.9