The vast majority of workers get to the airport by private vehicle – as do about half of the 90,000 travellers departing or arriving daily.
Key sporting events including the Boxing Day Test and Australian Open buoyed Melbourne Airport’s December passenger traffic figures.
Sydney Airport’s new boss,Scott Charlton,says more capacity is needed on European and Middle Eastern routes.
The long-awaited rail link has survived a federal infrastructure review,setting up a financial headache for the Victorian government which sought to stall the project.
Airport boss Lorie Argus says there is significant potential for improved access to Australia through Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
A national shortage of air traffic controllers is causing flight delays and cancellations across the country.
The former chief health officer is accused of unlawfully ordering the closure of a Melbourne catering company when a woman died after eating a sandwich it prepared.
And what about getting off at the other end? Astrophysicists and mathematicians have turned their minds to the question.
Graham “Skroo” Turner has accused the government of deliberately keeping airfares high while Sydney Airport’s boss Geoff Culbert warns airlines against slot hoarding.
The future of Victoria's long-awaited Airport Rail link project is imperiled by budgetary blowouts.
A Jetstar pilot has been suspended after border authorities allegedly detected traces of drugs on his luggage and found drug-related content on his phone after a flight from Bali to Melbourne last week.