Western Sydney Airport (WSI) Discussion

[anat0l]

But if the domestic airlines are JQ and slightly later QF would a thirds party lounge get much business if there is also a QF lounge.

Depends on how... good... the QF lounge will be. If there will be one (for all we know, QF might get a "good" deal from the third party operators and just pay for it that way, saving them the capex of a new lounge).

Or, they might build a Business Lounge and send all the QP, SGs and Sapphires to the third party lounge. Or vice versa, if the third party lounge is pretty good.

If VA come around and want a lounge presence, they'll have to build their own or use the third party one.

Otherwise, the third party lounge may just start to charge for entry as well as accept credit cards etc.. For all we know, like ADL, they could sustain themselves quite well on that.

There's still an (un)healthy number of people out there convinced that there is room for another domestic airline in Australia.

I'm actually surprised that WSI thought about a third party domestic lounge from the get-go.

 

[dajop]

But if the domestic airlines are JQ and slightly later QF would a thirds party lounge get much business if there is also a QF lounge.

Depends on how much overlap in timing of JQ and QF flights. AFAIK,QF domestic lounges are only open when QF is operating flights. Places like OOL, HBA etc have JQ flights well after the QP has closed.

 

[HS-TQE]

If VA come around and want a lounge presence, they'll have to build their own or use the third party one.

There won't be a "VA lounge" at WSI if VA (if ever) eventually enters WSI at some point.

I don't see VA treating WSI as more than a regional spoke with 4-5 flights a day max (all turnbacks by interstate base crews) in the medium term.

 

[markis10]

Oh dear - not a good week for Airservices Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Sydney’s new airport

 

[RooFlyer]

Oh dear - not a good week for Airservices Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Sydney’s new airport

Paywalled.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Paywalled.

Oh dear - not a good week for Airservices Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Sydney’s new airport

Open link here

Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Australia’s new airport

Western Sydney Airport is the first airport in Australia without a traditional air traffic control tower.

www.stuff.co.nz

The poor quality of digital images beamed from cameras at Sydney’s new international airport to air traffic controllers 17 kilometres away is forcing aircraft to be kept significantly further apart during landing for safety reasons.
The technical problems raise the risk of delays for passengers if they cannot be fixed before flights start to ramp up at Western Sydney International Airport late this year.
The restrictions require controllers managing the airport to keep planes at least 15 nautical miles (27.8 kilometres) apart as they land because they cannot adequately see the farthest plane on screens due to the quality of images from the cameras, according to sources close to the project who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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