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Old Jul 28, 2012, 5:31 pm
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number_6
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Originally Posted by Blackcloud
What charges are you referring to?
I seriously find this possible and have looked at the two airports sites to see if they have information regarding parking charges.
SYD $38.50 (GST inc) per 15 minutes sydneyairport.com.au Table of Charges
MEL Free if you have an Air Services Agreement with the Airport or less than 48 hours for those without one, but can be up to $50 (GST inc.) per 15 minutes melbourneairport.com.au Schedule of Charges
Really number_6 statements such as yours belongs to a.net
EK fly to NZ as it is part of its global strategy, nothing more or less.
Those are the non-curfew rates The devil is in the details, but in any case there are many other costs involved; the net is that flying to NZ is profitable even with very low yields and pax loads for EK. Certainly not a normal situation (and my suggestion of AVV was facetious, a dig at that airport operator and the VIC gov't plan to spend close to a billion dollars for train service to AVV while having none for MEL). While you may not like the answer, it happens to be correct.
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