Airports
Major spaghetti junction to Sydney’s new airport set to open to drivers
The opening of the interchange linking the new M12 motorway to the M7 comes four months before the first passenger flights take off at Western Sydney Airport.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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‘Snozzle’ at the ready: State-of-the-art fire station set for Sydney’s new airport
Firefighters are readying the new station and gigantic trucks for the first cargo flights late next month, followed by passenger aircraft three months later.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Jetstar flights lock in date for opening of Sydney’s new airport
The long-awaited launch of passenger flights to Western Sydney Airport will follow the start of cargo aircraft taking off from the new aviation hub next month.
- Matt O'Sullivan and Chris Zappone
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- Sydney Metro
Warnings that metro rail line to Sydney’s new airport is set to be delayed again
Confidential documents reveal the project is running late on a vast range of work, from switching on power at stations to receiving new European-built trains.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney Metro CEO exits at crucial time for city’s train mega-projects
His departure leaves the Minns government to search for a replacement at a pivotal moment in the construction of the city’s train mega-projects.
- Matt O'Sullivan
A long way from your hotel: The world’s least convenient airports
Melbourne Airport may lie 23 kilometres from the city and not have a train, but it pales in comparison to these inconvenient landing spots.
- Robert Jackman
Airlines, advocates warn of bureaucratic maze for passenger complaints
New consumer protections to protect air travellers risk them getting stuck in a ‘referral roundabout’.
- Chris Zappone
Leaving Australia is about to get more expensive after budget change
Among all the big-ticket changes in the federal budget, the government is making international departures more expensive as the war in the Middle East pushes up airfares.
- Chris Zappone
‘The whole industry is so rotten’: Stark warning after Sydney metro scandal
Liquidator warns that construction companies have dodged taxes for decades as the government orders an urgent audit of all statewide projects.
- Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
The world’s most fascinating abandoned and repurposed airports
Some have been repurposed in interesting ways while others have been left as odd memorials, attracting hardened urban explorers.
- Christopher Beanland