As the link above says....2 flights all summer have diverted to Brisbane....I'll repeat the number again. ..2. Do you really think the minister is going to give his backing to something that costs so much, yet provides so little
Are you serious??
If that's the thinking in government no wonder the airport is a basket case.
The summer previous they were having days where only a handful of flights landed. BNE was having 60 min traffic holding plus tempos! So we now have to wait for the next spell of wet weather and scheduled chaos, then we can repeat all this line of inquiry all over again?
Love to know what Scoot and Air Asia think of this. Don't think they were too impressed in flying to BNE then chartering buses to OOL.
Bizarre line of thinking for a tourist town.
The ILS is not going to help very much with the typical ceiling out there.
A runway aligned ILS with HIALS will solve everything. Cloud base is not the problem it is heavy rain and the current distance from the threshold you have to start the MAP.
The RNP works but is a extra burden and limits the airport's availability.