"Except that those 50 are not averaged over 365 days usually when it's bad it's really bad with whole days of flying cancelled. For a so-called tourist town the airport is a disgrace in terms of infrastructure, no aerobridges no approach lighting, no HIRL, no ILS".
I didn't think airport owners were required to spend money on airport infrastructure, only on car parks and shopping center's.
Part of the privatization process.
If the tax payer stumped up the money for anything that could actually be useful for aviation or improved safety the airport owners would just up their charges.
Maybe the answer is to invite the military to open a base there, Wagga has an ILS and Tamworth....Sorry, bad idea, no space available because of all the non aviation infrastructure.