Geoff Culbert has pointed the finger squarely at airlines for Sydney’s lagging domestic recovery, which saw passenger numbers last month grow just 1.2 per cent year-on-year to 1.90 million travellers.
Dubbed Naarm Way, the road was opened on Tuesday and provides a new dedicated exit that bypasses all intersections between the freeway and the transport hub at Terminal 4. It is the largest road investment Melbourne Airport has made since Airport Drive opened in 2015.
The close call came a week after 170 flights into and out of the NSW capital were cancelled last week, just as NSW’s school holiday getaway began.
The airport has described the challenging upgrade as being like “open heart surgery” but said the new process would eventually reduce the number of lost items.
It significantly follows 170 flights into and out of the NSW capital being cancelled last week just as NSW’s school holiday getaway began.
The upgrades, partly funded by a $55 million grant from the federal government, will see Newcastle overhaul its international terminal, including passenger and border processing facilities, to better support international flights to and from the airport.