Sydney Airport has reported a third consecutive month of declining domestic passenger numbers amid ongoing weakness in the local market.
A 10-year-old girl from Sydney's Blue Mountains that arrived on Singapore Airlines flight SQ231 has become the one billionth passenger at Sydney Airport.
Malindo Air chief executive Chandran Rama Muthy says the airline is looking for further expansion in Australia after starting flights to Sydney.
Sydney Airport has reported a double-digit improvement in net profit for the first half of calendar 2019 amid challenging operating conditions.
Recent aviation trends such as the move away for very large aircraft has reaffirmed the need for more aviation capacity into and out of Sydney, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development deputy secretary Pip Spence says.
Sydney Airport chief executive Geoff Culbert says there are compelling reasons to change outdated operating restrictions regarding aircraft movements.
