Scion
Oh you mean here,
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209587
Yeah well events have a way of surprising you dont they. At time the announcement was only days old, we had not yet met them nor had they revealed their hand.
No matter as it is now apparent that their blandishments about the future then are as now pure and unadulterated horsefeathers.
They had signed off on the 2005 Master Plan as a condiiton of the transfer of the lease and as part of their mandatory obligation to the Commonwealth AND the tenants. A Master Plan that had been through the consultation process with the tenants AND the Chamber.
It is this Master Plan that they have repudiated and in fact deny having read thoroughly AND "only signed as part of the "formalities" surrounding the lease assignment"
HOWEVER were we not already organised as a Chamber and already "blooded" by previous negotiations with these types, their subsequent volte face and behaviour would have had the tenants like chickens LOCKED in the cage with the fox.
To say that the new owners are surprised at the strength, organisation and political influence of the Chamber would be an understatement.
Having said that we recognise and have told them so that they have a right to a reasonable return on their investment in the airport as an airport. Any development activities on that part of the airport that is designated for development over some 100 hectares is part of the Master Plan and approved by us asit brings more business closer to the airport AND badly needed road and utilities infrastructure.
We are in the process of laying down a process of valuation for lease negotiations that will stop them playing off one tenant against another.
There are a whole bunch of things we expect will come out of this untidy imbroglio that will sort out all the secondary aiprort issue once and for all.
I cannot say here what we plan to do as there are a number of steps yet to be played out, but it is our hope that the Minister will in the end have to make a stand and define once and for all the obligations of the airport owners to their leases and tenants. The Commonwealth do have the rights to determine the leases if it is necessary.