Australian Aviation
Jake Nelson
20 Jan 2026
As reported in The Australian, an ACCC submission to a Senate inquiry warned that the current framework of monitoring and reporting “no longer acts as a constraint on behaviour” by airport monopolies, and suggested a commercial arbitration scheme be implemented.
It comes as the four major airports (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth) – which are all effectively “geographic monopolies” – embark on roughly $19 billion in works over the next decade, which the ACCC says could result in increased charges being passed on to passengers...
