Sydney Airport kiss and dash parking
On June 30th Sydney Airport announced the introduction of a 15 minute free parking period at the International Terminal. This is a really welcomed change at the airport, which has a reputation for high fees. Still, it seems that satisfying the media is an impossible task! According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the change in […]
How close is too close?
Last week, Virgin Blue received a ruling from the ATO regarding fringe benefits tax on a Virgin Blue-subsidised staff car park two kilometres from Melbourne Airport’s terminal. Despite the distance, which takes staff 20-25 minutes to walk on less-than-ideal pedestrian facilities, the judge ruled that the car park was ‘in the vicinity’ of the airport, […]
Government tightens loophole validating airport parking fines
In April, PCI reported on a legal requirement in airport parking fines resulting in fines being issues by unauthorised people, with fines potentially dating back to 2004 becoming invalid. Read more about this in PCI’s blog post ‘Flaw in airport parking fines’. Last week, Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese moved to pass a bill called […]
Ash cloud airport parking refunds
Last week, as the first flights from Europe started taking off, both Brisbane and Sydney Airports announced that they would refund any parking charges incurred by passengers and air crew delayed overseas by the volcanic ash cloud crisis. Sydney Airport also announced that they will refund or allow free rescheduling of the pre-paid long term […]
Flaw in airport parking fines
Australian airports have been under increasing pressure of late in respect to the pricing of parking, following the release of the ACCC’s report into pricing and service levels in March. Last week, Transport Department officials discovered that about 70,000 parking infringements were issued at airports around Australia that are invalid, because the parking officer authorisations […]
LAX reduces supply, increases prices
Los Angeles International Airport, the first port of call for almost every Australian travelling to the US, announced on December 31 that they would be closing the cheapest of their three parking lots (Parking Lot B) and converting it to employee parking only. Management claims that this change represents an effort to consolidate their parking […]
Book your car park days before you fly!
New Zealand’s Wellington Airport has just introduced an online car park booking service, offering customers the ability to pre-book their space long before arriving at the airport. The benefits for the customer include not just knowing that their car space is reserved, but also that a discount is available, supporting corporate travelers seeking the ‘best […]
A philosopher’s point of view
A guest article from the desk of PCI’s Managing Partner Cristina Lynn. During the Christmas break I was browsing in a bookshop and came across a small book titled “A week at the Airport – A Heathrow Diary” written by the controversial philosopher Alain de Botton. Having spent a significant part of my working days […]
Airport “mobile phone waiting lots”
The Age recently published an article drawing attention to an innovation being introduced at US airports: the mobile phone waiting lot. Since 2004, an increasing number of US airports have incorporated a free of charge area where family and friends picking up arriving passengers can wait in the relative safety and comfort of their cars. […]
The Price of Parking at Airports
Cristina Lynn recently attended the 2009 Australasian Airports Landside Transport Conference (AALTC) in Townsville, Queensland, where she spoke on the topic of airport parking charges. Her presentation explores the economics of parking at airports, both in Australia and internationally, with data and examples of how pricing should be determined as well as a global comparison […]
Parking World magazine – October issue
The October issue of Parking World magazine is now out, and focuses on Airport Parking and Technology. There are a few mentions of PCI in this month’s issue, including the announcement of Kathy Ross’ appointment to PCI, and Cristina Lynn’s article about Sydney’s traffic challenge in the future, called Traffic Congestion – Sydney’s Paradigm Paralysis. […]
2009 Australasian Airports Landside Transport Conference – Townsville QLD
From the desk of Cristina Lynn, Managing Partner of PCI: I have just returned from a very informative and pleasant couple of days in Townsville (isn’t this a tautology?) where I attended the third AALTC held at the Mercure Inn. The event was hosted by Madonna Simmons and her team at Townsville Airport and facilitated […]
Darwin International Airport case study
Darwin International Airport (DIA) requested PCI’s assistance with regards to the development of a parking strategy for the airport (passenger terminal, commercial and general aviation) over the next 20 – 25 years. This entailed identification of issues relating to the parking “offer”, both quantitative (size, product mix, pricing, location) and qualitative (look and feel). […]
Airport Monitoring Report 2007-08
In 1997, as a direct result of the privatisation of Australia’s airports, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) began a review of price regulation of airport services including the fee structure at airport car parks. Changes to the initial policy were put forward during the productivity commission review, which took place in 2002. Of […]