This Month
What to do if you have a holiday booked to Queensland
Flights are back, but the roads are chaos. Here are your options for cancelling flights as the impact of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred lingers.
January
Airport spending doubles to $30 billion. The catch? Higher fares
The Productivity Commission says light touch regulation saves consumers’ hip pockets. But airlines worry that they, and passengers, will foot an epic bill.
January
Igneo pares down stake in $14b Brisbane Airport; Rothschild on ticket
Street Talk understands Royal Schiphol Group bought the stake off Igneo, which has been seeking buyers for half of its 25 per cent stake.
Qantas pips Virgin on on-time flights in otherwise lacklustre year
The two biggest airlines had fewer delays last year compared to 2023 but remain well below long-term averages. Few expect a major change in the next 12 months.
September 2024
Qantas engineers strike goes national, targets peak-hour flights
Qantas engineers critical to aircraft maintenance will stop work at major airports around the country next week, threatening to disrupt peak-hour flights at the start of school holidays.
August 2024
Why Melbourne’s third runway is now Labor’s time bomb
The airport CEO warns inaction will hurt consumers, as the political weaponisation of aircraft noise threatens to once again become an election theme.
January 2024
Air traffic controller shortages ‘degrading’ the network: airports
The country’s largest airports have told a federal government review that it should specifically consider whether aviation agencies are “fit-for-purpose”.
Air traffic control ‘staff breaks’ cause flight chaos, airline anger
Airspace in the busy route between Brisbane and Sydney was abruptly left without air traffic services twice on Tuesday, causing a raft of cancellations.
September 2023
Queensland Airports selldown swells to 74pc stake; TIF mulls clean out
The looming selldown at Queensland Airport Limited is about to morph from a cute little Cessna 172 to a Boeing 777x.
Minister claims public interest immunity on Qatar documents
Transport Minister Catherine King is going on annual leave for two weeks during the school holiday period, as a Senate inquiry into her department gathers steam.
August 2023
Qantas says Canberra cancellations minimise network disruptions
The national carrier faced political heat for the second day in a row, this time over whether it is hoarding slots and cancelling services.
July 2023
Business travel remains strong despite cancellations: Flight Centre
Flight Centre boss Graham Turner says domestic business travel is strong despite ongoing cancellations including a weekend of chaos as school holidays began.
June 2023
Mystery Brisbane Airport stake seller revealed as Igneo client
The up-for-grabs stake could represent as much as 12.5 percent of the ownership in Brisbane Airport.
Brisbane Airport investor in departure lounge; MacCap snares mandate
Along with the two other major East Coast airports in Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane has seen a significant rebound in traveller numbers out of the pandemic.
May 2023
UniSuper snares $1b stake in Europe’s Vantage Towers
UniSuper hopes to capitalise on soaring demand for digital data after spending $1 billion to take a 5 per cent stake in Dusseldorf-based Vantage Towers.
April 2023
Melbourne Airport tips extended wait for pre-pandemic airfares
More than 2.71 million passengers came through Tullamarine in March – around 88 per cent of its pre-pandemic levels and slightly higher than January.
February 2023
Airports have best month since pandemic hit
More than 7.5 million passengers passed through Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in January despite airfares remaining higher for longer.
November 2022
Brisbane Airport ramps up property to offset falling airline revenue
The operator of the country’s third-busiest hub plans to develop 190 hectares of space it owns over the next five years.
November 2021
Rex Express restarts Sydney-Melbourne flights
Regional Express deputy chairman John Sharp says the airline is still seeing some hesitancy for travel but is committed to its new domestic flights.
September 2021
Airports emit four coal power plants’ worth of carbon
Major Australian airports coughed up enough CO2 emissions to match four coal-fired power plants in 2019, a new global analysis shows.