Tag Archives: airports

Sydney-one soon to be stuffed airport and three statements point to trouble ahead

Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese ended the one airport for Sydney policy today in a rider to granting approval to Sydney Airport’s latest 20 year plan.
He said Sydney would need a second airport after 2029, and invited the NSW Government to join in a study to find and develop a site.
Which really means something will have [...]

The perpetual motion money grabbing machines of privatised Australian airports could hit the wall

The catch cry of privatised big city airports in Australia used to be ’sweat the asset.’
But the decision by the Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese to run the plans of Sydney Airport through the wringer at Access Economics suggests that ’sweat the owner’ could change this.
This report appeared in the Crikey Daily Email to subscribers yesterday.
Infrastructure [...]

Is this a cure for queues at airports?

How about boarding jets completely differently to the shambles often experienced today?
If you are holding say an aisle seat, like 21c, and you have the option of waiting to board using Rob Wallace’s proprietary Flying Carpet system until you can see that those with the window and middle seats, 21a and 21b, have already [...]

Does the NSW govt want country fliers to ‘Get lost’?

The NSW Government is looking for a new regional airline to replace the cancelled REX Airlink services.
The fundamental questions are being overlooked amid all the hand wringing.
Is it viable to fly tiny rural commuter services to Sydney Airport? No. Which is why Airlink is broken.
Will any small flights continue to use Sydney Airport indefinitely? No. [...]

For the love of airports

It is getting harder to like airports. Leaping out of a logistics blog in the UAE was an item about that problem from Tom Ronell, who manages an investment portfolio that also includes a luxury private jet arm that ensures that royalty, celebrities, and camera shy government and business figures can do business in Africa, [...]