Perth Airport and Qantas have denied that a deal has been made in their long-running and complex dispute surrounding the airline’s move to the eastern side of the airport.
Last night 6PR and Channel 9 announced that a deal had been done although it couldn’t be announced.
The five-year dispute involves an agreement on passenger processing charges, a move to a new terminal complex and an agreement on building a parallel runway.
Last year the state’s Supreme Court found in Perth Airport’s favour in the passenger processing costs but Qantas appealed that decision.
However, with CEO Vanessa Hudson taking the helm, a deal is expected to be done before year’s end.
Perth Airport and Qantas spokespersons confirmed to AirlineRatings.com that no deal had been done.
The pressure is mounting for agreement with the airport’s passenger numbers surging past 14 million for the FY23 year, just shy of pre-COVID levels.
Aircraft movements however are above the FY19 levels reflecting the greater number of FIFO and intrastate passenger flights.
The airport is now at capacity at peak periods during the week and late last year airlines were briefed by the airport that there were no more slots available for their resource customers for fly-in, and fly-out charters in their preferred flying times.
Perth Airport has two cross runways which can, depending upon winds, be used concurrently to slightly ease congestion. But this is not a solution.
Without a second parallel runway, the airport cannot support the next round of resource development.
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