Travel Weekly
Grant Jones
19 Jan 2026
The Australian Airports Association has rejected a call by Airlines for Australia and New Zealand that the Australian Government introduce stronger regulation on what it said are escalating airport charges that is says are pushing airfares higher for Australian travellers.
Australia’s major airports – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth – are monopolies with significant market power, said A4ANZ chair Professor Graeme Samuel AC and the recent ACCC Report to the Senate confirms that monitoring alone is insufficient to act as a constraint on monopolistic behaviour...
