The airport, which had insisted an underground station was the best solution, has bowed to pressure after the federal government’s mediator, Neil Scales, sided with the state government.
In total, a record 160 contenders are set to compete across 17 group and 11 individual award categories – the highest number of categories since the awards program’s inception.
The Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Bill 2024 would, among its other provisions, introduce compensation for passengers hit with delays of longer than three hours, and require the transport minister to implement an airline code of conduct.
