This Month
Allan snubs Melbourne Airport rail for SRL
Premier Jacinta Allan says Melbourne Airport Rail faces at least a four-year delay before construction begins and has instead prioritised the Suburban Rail Loop.
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
June
Melbourne Airport rail mediator rejects underground station
Melbourne Airport has vowed to continue its battle for an underground station despite a report recommending otherwise.
- Patrick Durkin and Jenny Wiggins
Bonza! Hall Chadwick’s fees draw rebuke from 777 Partners
Having Hall Chadwick run a hotline is certainly one way to rack up fees.
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- Myriam Robin
May
Where have all the good managers gone?
Readers’ letters on Australia’s dearth of quality managers; a tax system fit for AI; skilled migrants driving Ubers; a proportionate response in Gaza; why live exports matter; and worry over climate change.
Rafah strike will be Netanyahu’s undoing
Readers’ letters on horrific scenes in Rafah; The AFR View on ICC indictments; Labor’s equivocating over Gaza; the key to useful airport links; and what’s really behind the $1 billion grant for PsiQuantum.
Victoria accuses Melbourne Airport of holding rail link ‘hostage’
The airport is run by major investors including the Future Fund, and has a different idea from the government of the transport needed from Melbourne’s CBD.
- Jenny Wiggins
January
Air traffic control contributed to 16pc of flight delays in December
But services are returning to pre-pandemic levels, with Melbourne Airport recording its highest number of international flights last month than ever before.
- Ayesha de Kretser
December 2023
Will chronic flight delays ever ease up – or is this the new normal?
It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, and there are still major delays on domestic services. But that’s not the case in other countries.
- Ayesha de Kretser
August 2023
- Opinion
- Aviation
Defiant Joyce is flying high but turbulence is rising
The loquacious Alan Joyce has a ready answer for every complaint about Qantas. That’s fortunate given there are so, so many of them.
- Jennifer Hewett
More flights ‘good for travellers and exporters’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised Qantas as representing ‘spirit of Australia’ at an event he left without replying to calls to allow greater competition among international airlines.
- David Marin-Guzman, Ayesha de Kretser and Gus McCubbing
June 2023
Dexus gets $200m for Melbourne, Launceston airports fund
Street Talk understands Dexus raised nearly $200 million for the Wholesale Airport Fund, as demand far exceeded its $130 million initial ask.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May 2023
Daniel Andrews presses pause on Melbourne’s $10b Airport Rail
The Victorian government will stop work on its $10 billion Melbourne Airport Rail project amid a federal government review of infrastructure projects.
- Patrick Durkin
Here’s what to drink in the premium lounges of these five airlines
Whether you’re in Melbourne Airport’s Qantas first-class enclave, or those of Air New Zealand, Emirates, Etihad or Singapore Airlines, this is what you should pour.
- Max Allen
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.
- Lucas Baird
777’s Canadian budget carrier stumbles, and Bonza loses an aircraft
The private equity group backing the local low-cost carrier has diverted at least one jet after its Flair Airlines subsidiary had four Boeing 737s seized.
- Lucas Baird
March 2023
From baggage handler to Melbourne Airport CEO
Lorie Argus says while travel and the airlines have bounced back from the pandemic, the string of recent interest rate rises has dampened demand.
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- Patrick Durkin
December 2022
Private jet owners offer up $9900 flights for business groups
Amid flight cancellations and stiff pricing on Qantas and Virgin, private jet demand is growing from film producers, musical acts and private businesses.
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- Samantha Hutchinson and Lucas Baird
November 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Victorians face a risky choice
Victorian election; quack ‘sustainability’; IR bill and small business; Melbourne Airport’s Uber deal; Andrew Forrest and native title; wage control; SA grid; green infrastructure.
Sky-high airfares unsustainable: Melbourne Airport boss
Lorie Argus said airlines had “put a lot of effort” into solving their operational issues, but this meant they needed to increase airfares to cover the extra costs.
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- Lucas Baird
September 2022
Flight gouging sees die-hard AFL fans priced out of finals
AFL fans are spitting chips over airline price hikes ahead of the preliminary final between Sydney and Collingwood, with some one-way flights nearly $1000.
- Gus McCubbing