Article: The Fate of "Second" Airports Far from the City Centre

[Doddler]

The owners and major operators out of Kingsford Smith have a lot of political sway, which will make things more difficult for WSI. Putting that aside, I guess it comes down to the economics of airport users:
Business travellers: clearly Kingsford Smith has a lock on this group
Freight: WSI benefits here
Domestic Local: 50-50 on this
Domestic Incoming tourists: Kingsford Smith clear advantage
Domestic Connections: Advantage to whichever airport has more connecting flights
International Incoming Tourists: Kingsford Smith clear advantage
International Outgoing Tourists: Maybe WSI, but only if a good selection of RTN tickets to fly into Kingsford Smith and connecting out of WSI
Low cost carriers: WSI?

Seems like a mountain of challenges for WSI, mainly because Sydney is such a major tourist attraction itself, rather than simply a gateway to Australia.

 

[Forg]

Kangaroos highly unlikely!

Sportsball teams aside …

I live in Windsor and to drive to Kingsford Smith is 1 hour its 49 mins to WSI, Public transport is 1h33m to KS 1h49m to WSI. KS i have to change at Central, WSI I have to change at Blacktown and then bus from St Marys. Hopefully they will link up to the Metro at Tullawong and provide more options.

From memory it’s about $25 each-way for tolls to get to SYD; what’s that part like for WSI?

 

[outthere1000]

Montreal Mirabel was a make-work project feeding substantial federal funds into the province to keep Quebeckers happy (and hopefully separatists at bay). It was the international airport, which meant that connecting to a domestic flight involved an interminable bus trip from there to Dorval (over an hour, as I recall it). In the end it was deemed too impractical, and Mirabel was turned into a freight-only facility.

 

[LDN via BNE]

via a surface walk

Not anymore - the two lines are linked via a pedestrian tunnel (though it is still quite a trek).

 

[RooFlyer]

Not anymore - the two lines are linked via a pedestrian tunnel (though it is still quite a trek).

Great to hear! But why they terminated the new airport line where they did is a mystery to me.