Melbourne Airport agrees to have overground train station,clearing path for rail link

Melbourne Airport agrees to have overground train station,clearing path for rail link

The announcement ends a stalemate with the state government that had pushed the airport rail link back to 2033.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney

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Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine

Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine

An underground station should not be built at Melbourne Airport unless the airport operators show it makes commercial sense,a federal report has found.

  • byKieran Rooney andPatrick Hatch
New two-in-one,$230 million hotel ready to open at Melbourne Airport

New two-in-one,$230 million hotel ready to open at Melbourne Airport

The first new hotel at Melbourne Airport in 20 years will add 464 three- and four-star rooms to the location,with no shuttle required.

  • byJulietta Jameson
Melbourne Airport Rail mediator also advising state-run rail authority
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Melbourne Airport Rail mediator also advising state-run rail authority

The federal and state governments say there’s no conflict of interest in the mediator between Melbourne Airport and the state of Victoria while also consulting for another state agency.

  • byKieran Rooney andPatrick Hatch
Lost guns,damaged planes:Qantas’ slew of complaints to ground handler revealed
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Lost guns,damaged planes:Qantas’ slew of complaints to ground handler revealed

Employees at a major ground handling service have made at least one error a day on Qantas flights this month,including damaging planes and mishandling firearms.

  • byAmelia McGuire
Airport Rail brawl coming to a head with mediator on track to deliver report

Airport Rail brawl coming to a head with mediator on track to deliver report

Deputy Premier Ben Carroll says it’s time to get the $13 billion project done,and has pledged to stay in parliament until a promised train station in his electorate is built.

  • byRachel Eddie
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Melbourne Airport accused of greed,protecting parking revenue in rail link stoush

Melbourne Airport accused of greed,protecting parking revenue in rail link stoush

The state government expects the airport rail line will be delayed by four years because of a stalemate with airport operators.

  • byRachel Eddie
‘I am cranky’:Frustrated Bonza passengers scramble to get to destinations

‘I am cranky’:Frustrated Bonza passengers scramble to get to destinations

Bonza passengers have been trying to make last-minute bookings with other airlines after the budget airline suspended all of its flights.

  • byAlex Crowe
Airport rail stand-off drags on with no mediator in sight

Airport rail stand-off drags on with no mediator in sight

Three months after the federal government said it would resolve the Melbourne Airport Rail stalemate,no one has been appointed to broker the peace.

  • byKieran Rooney
A centenarian ‘hostie’ takes a trip down memory runway

A centenarian ‘hostie’ takes a trip down memory runway

Elizabeth Reid was among the first air hostesses at Trans Australia Airlines in the ’40s. On her first visit to the TAA Museum,she recounted cleaning up after nervy passengers and dealing with drunk politicians.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Turkish Airlines to launch flights to Australia in March

Turkish Airlines to launch flights to Australia in March

One of the world’s largest airlines will begin flying from Melbourne to Istanbul in March,a move expected to lower airfares ahead of summer in Europe.

  • byAmelia McGuire