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The following articles have been published through mainstream news outlets. Most of these articles should be available through a service such as newstext.com.au

Perth moves on terminal troubles

The Australian Business | Steve Creedy | October 26, 2007

WESTRALIA Airports Corporation expects to make a decision on the future of its Perth terminals within six months.

Lashed by criticism about the shortcomings of the existing facility, WAC is looking closely at consolidating domestic and international operations at the site of the existing international terminal.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22648865-23349,00.html

MAp ready for more take-offs

The Australian Business | Derek Sadubin | October 26, 2007

THE flow of airport ownership transactions may have slowed this year, but the prospects for airport privatisation activity are looking very strong, according to Macquarie Airports chief executive Kerrie Mather.

In an exclusive interview, the head of MAp, owner of stakes in Sydney, Copenhagen, Brussels and Bristol airports said: "If you look at the global airport privatisation pipeline, it's the strongest I've seen it, particularly over the next two years. There is a very big opportunity in Europe, when you consider less than 15 per cent of airports there are privatised."

 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22647902-23349,00.html

IATA tips dramatic growth in air

The Australian Business | October 26, 2007

ABOUT 2.75 billion passengers will take flights in 2011, an increase of 29 per cent on the total passenger traffic in 2006, industry body IATA says.

The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association said the number of travellers taking cross-border flights would increase to 980 million from 760 million in the next five years. Annual growth would average 5.1 per cent.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22647943-23349,00.html

Strong earnings for Sydney Airport

The Australian Business | October 26, 2007

SYDNEY Airport has reported a 9.4 per cent increase in earnings for the first nine months of the 2007 financial year on the back of a 10.3 per cent growth in revenue and a 12.6 per cent rise in operating expenses.

Southern Cross Airports Corp Holdings, 38 per cent owned by Macquarie Airports, reported unaudited consolidated profit before depreciation and amortisation, net financing costs, income tax and specific non-recurring expenses of $439.1 million for the period.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22647900-23349,00.html

Airport bans leave $15m grog loophole

The Australian Business |  Paul Maley | October 23, 2007

THE ban on liquids, aerosols and gels on international flights has left a loophole that allows travellers to consume duty-free alcohol before boarding their flights at a cost of $15 million to the federal Government.

Treasury documents released last week estimate $15 million in tax and excise duties will be lost over the next four years owing to airline security measures introduced in April, which ban passengers from taking bottles with more than 100 millilitres in fluid in their carry-on luggage.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22632115-23349,00.html

Nation's gateway gears up for A-380

The Australian Business | Florence Chong | October 17, 2007

SYDNEY Airport is to undergo a $500 million makeover partly for the arrival of the huge double-decker A-380 aircraft, capable of carrying up to 800 passengers.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22598119-23349,00.html

Brisbane Airport considers lifting its charges

The Australian Business | Steve Creedy, Aviation writer | October 10, 2007

BRISBANE Airport may introduce additional charges for peak periods if it cannot come to an agreement with airlines about emerging congestion problems.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22559756-23349,00.html

Tiger launches Melbourne terminal

The Australian Business | October 08, 2007

TIGER Airways has cemented its place in the Australian airline market, launching its Melbourne Airport terminal today.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22548881-23349,00.html

BAA's plan for passenger price increase grounded

The Australian Business | David Robertson | October 05, 2007

ANYONE travelling through Heathrow and Gatwick could face years more misery after BAA, the airports' owner, threatened to cut investment after failing to secure the passenger price increases that it was seeking.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22531327-23349,00.html

Curfew calls simplistic: operators

The Australian Business | Steve Creedy | September 21, 2007

A CURFEW at Brisbane Airport would cripple the gateway's competitiveness by making it less attractive to international carriers and would imperil domestic business travel, airport management said yesterday.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22452289-23349,00.html

Rudd supports second Brisbane runway

The Australian | Sid Marris | September 18, 2007

KEVIN Rudd will not reverse a decision to allow a parallel runway at Brisbane airport despite having campaigned against the proposal for more than a decade.

Instead the Labor leader, whose electorate of Griffith lies under the flight path, will argue for a curfew on the cities main passenger and cargo airport in defiance of the Queensland Labor Government which says it should be a 24-hour a day operation.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22440333-2702,00.html

$1bn Runway for Brisbane Airport

The Australian | Steve Creedy, Aviation writer | September 18, 2007

BRISBANE Airport has received federal Government approval to push ahead with a 3600m parallel runway that will cost $1 billion and create 2700 construction jobs.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22439153-2702,00.html

Housing developer flies into noisy battle

The Australian | Adele Ferguson | September 15, 2007

PROPERTY developer Village Building Company sought an injunction in the federal courts yesterday to stop the federal airport regulator accepting a noise plan at Canberra Airport that has the potential to derail a $2.5 billion low-cost housing development over the border in NSW.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22420332-23349,00.html%3Ffrom%3Dpublic_rss

Noise forecasts trip developers

The Australian | Steve Creedy | August 17, 2007

DEVELOPERS pushing to build under airport flight paths have been jolted by a Federal Court judgment clearing the way for the use of long-range noise forecasts.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22255955-12339,00.html

Older News Articles

• "Plane noise will blast top suburbs" (The Australian. 01/11/2006).
• “Jumbos at the mall seen as blueprint for chaos” (Sydney Morning Herald. 01/02/2006).
• "Bargain City; Shopping mecca planned for Avalon” (Geelong Advertiser. 20/12/2005).
• “Airport keen to maintain commercial competition” (Courier Mail. 09/12/2005).
• "Battle over airport land use” (The Australian. 25/11/2005).
• “Airports fly in the face of local laws” (Courier Mail. 21/11/2005).
• “Concern at ground traffic” (Courier Mail. 24/09/2005).
• “New airport business to boost ACT jobs’’ (ABC Premium News. 15/07/2005)
• “Westfield to fight airport retail plan” (Courier Mail. 26/05/2003).
• “Airport has public responsibilities” (Courier Mail. 10/05/2003).

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