So, to close off this once and for all, where do YOU think a 'properly planned' airport should have been put?
To allow growth of flights into Sydney for the next 30+ years? Please don't say 'drop the SYD curfew' or 'new runway into (or on) Botany Bay' - never going to happen, as we all know.
So where should it have been put?
Other than dedicated freighters ... but that's not a small proportion, is it (real question)? Is a % split between dedicated freighter tonnage or volume vs passenger planes freight available?
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I found this interesting - 10 to 16 flights a day dedicated freight into SYD, mostly widebodies and many during 'peak times':
16right.com
Imagine how taking most if not all these flights away from SYD will benefit passenger operations at SYD!
Also, isn't freight on passenger planes pretty lucrative? If so, I wonder if that might even tilt the balance of some passenger services towards WSI? Net return to the airline and all that, especially since the main logistic hub for Sydney is already in the west.