Category: Airports

Newcastle Lord Mayor Dr Ross Kerridge this week called for an independent inquiry following a months-long stoush between the airport and the Newcastle Herald over articles in the newspaper claiming the airport is struggling with debt.

According to the ACCC’s latest Airport Monitoring Report, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports collectively invested $985.1 million in aeronautical facilities in 2023–24, more than half of which was accounted for by Melbourne’s $502.3 million…

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Airports collectively brought in $2.6 billion in 2023-24, up 24.3 per cent from the previous year, though passenger numbers were still 4.7 per cent below 2018-19 levels. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane also grew the…

Comprising $8 million in government funding, matched by funding from WSI, the Western Sydney International Take-Off Fund comes as tickets are slated to go on sale for flights to and from the airport later this year ahead of its scheduled opening in lat…

Described by the government as a “missing link” on Sydney’s rail network, the future corridor would connect Bradfield – and, by extension, Western Sydney Airport – with Leppington in the city’s southwest, providing an alternative to the northbound metr…

The major renovations, announced in November, will be the first to T2 in more than 30 years and will include overhauls to check-in, bag drop, and security areas, with the aim of getting passengers from kerb to gate within 15 minutes. Construction is sl…

The 22-week project, announced last July, saw 4,870 engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) blocks installed at Queenstown, increasing its effective runway end safety area from 90 to 240 metres.