do you think that continued Commonwealth ownership and operation would have produced a better result?
Well at least with public ownership there is leverage. What we have now is private entities holding the public and the airlines to randsom.
Take a look at the Gold Coast. No ILS and no aerobridges. How many other international airports in the world have that appaling level of infrastructure. Country towns in the US and most 3rd world countries at least have a aerobridge and an ILS.