Originally Posted by
10JQKA
Pretty sure BNE ATC knows diddly squat about SY curfew dispensations that are managed by Dept of infrastructure. Anyway it is quite common for wx/ATC delayed acft to get dispensation til midnight for dep/arr on occasions.
They weren't weather or ATC delayed though. To be fair to the BNE ATC involved, he did add that the airlines were free to follow the normal application process for curfew dispensations, but in his experience.....no chance.