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 [...]
Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Sydney-one soon to be stuffed airport and three statements point to trouble ahead
June 19, 2009 – 5:55 pm
The perpetual motion money grabbing machines of privatised Australian airports could hit the wall
June 18, 2009 – 8:00 am
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 [...]
Does the NSW govt want country fliers to ‘Get lost’?
November 21, 2008 – 8:10 am
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. [...]
Earth to Albanese-AirServices needs to be fixed now
October 7, 2008 – 12:14 pm
Virgin Blue has always been good at publicity stunts, but its bill to AirServices Australia for half a million dollars because it couldn’t deliver full air traffic control at Sydney Airport last Friday is not a joke.
The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, has been told by all of the major airlines that the [...]
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