Category: Airports

Sydney Airport has applied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to allow it to increase security, passenger facilitation and runway charges for regional airlines for the first time since 2001. The proposed changes will see security charges rise three cents to 90 cents per passenger, passenger facilitation charges at Terminal 2 increase by

Auckland Airport has recorded a major boost in domestic passenger traffic during May as international traffic saw only a small increase. The airport recorded a 7.1 per cent growth in domestic passengers, despite a one per cent decrease in domestic aircraft movements. International traffic managed growth of 1.3 per cent as major growth in arrivals

Airservices Australia has announced that it will upgrade the instrument landing system (ILS) at Cairns Airport to increase its reliability. The upgrade will cost $3 million and will be undertaken before the onset of the wet season. The works are expected to be done in such a way that disruption to air traffic at the

Regional airline services into Sydney Airport have been secured according to Transport Minister Anthony Albanese, who announced on June 2 that a change in regulations will prevent the airport from raising charges for regional airlines above the consumer price index (CPI). The federal government has instituted the cap on charges through issuing a new Declaration