CV and mad panic behaviour

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Your inside perspective is always enlightening Thry, I didn't realise International air travellers were be preferentially directed to Victoria, so I crossed checked that and it seems it's correct.

But perhaps it's not really as a deliberate act as people might think. Like Sydney has it's deep water ports for cruise liners, a lot of flights into Australia arriving in Melbourne has to do with which airlines maintained international flights, where they have or can get landing slots in Tullamarine or Avalon, where airlines choose to have their capacity limited hubs, and the hours airports can or would remain open as not all are 24x7.

MEL and BNE are 24/7 and slots given the scarcity of ops would not present a problem, nor a/c parking issue.  SYD is the thorn and has been for 50 years or more.