Government urged to remove SYD movements cap

[markis10]

MORE planes should be allowed to fly in and out of Sydney Airport until a second airport is built at Badgerys Creek, a tourism industry body says.

The Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) believes the current cap of 80 plane movements per hour at Kingsford Smith Airport should be lifted to boost visitor traffic in and out of Sydney.
TTF chief executive Ken Morrison said the cap - brought in two decades ago - was outdated.
"The number of people flying to and from Sydney is forecast to double over the next 20 years," he said in a statement.

Govt urged to scrap Sydney plane cap | News.com.au

I agree with this move, artificial delays just don't make sense.

 

[Jacques Vert]

Seems to me that modern planes (or at least some models) are far quieter that those of a previous generation.

I wonder why the curfew should not be varied to allow those aircraft that meet stringent noise levels to land/take off outside the current curfew hours. Politically difficult but just call it a trial or (pardon the pun) a pilot program.

JV