Archerfield is also hurting in a BIG way, most private owners have now left for Redcliffe,Watts Bridge, Caboolture, Caloundra after the owner has slugged a $15 a movement fee, even when the tower is CLOSED! The $15 movement free rather than the flat yearly fee was changed to be cheaper for the private owners and make the schools pay more, problem is there are no private owners left and all the schools have upped their rates to pay for it. Movements at AF continue to drop each month, everyone keeps saying it can get any worse and it does...every month!
Selling the airports IMHO was a joke, an airport is NOT a money making enterprise...because of the size of Oz we have an aviation history that most countries wouldn't even come close to, our airports should be an asset of the country, not sold off to the highest bidder in an effort to fund the next election campaign promises, think of the BILLIONS the gov made in selling off the airports, how has this been reinvested back into an industry that has given so much to the australian public, not a cent......where did it all go then???