by Ekrem Duman | Jul 31, 2026 | Airlines, Transport & Infrastructure, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAustralia privatised its major airports from the late 1990s under a light-handed regime: charges are monitored by the ACCC rather than capped, and are negotiated commercially between airports and airlines. That model made Australian airports among the...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 31, 2026 | Airlines, Transport & Infrastructure, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator, privatised from the Queensland government as QR National in 2010 in the biggest float since Telstra. It runs two very different businesses: a regulated below-rail network in central Queensland...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 31, 2026 | Airlines, Transport & Infrastructure, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRTransurban operates toll roads in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and North America, carrying more than 2.5 million trips a day. In FY2025 it collected A$3.03 billion of toll revenue, up from A$2.94 billion, on traffic growth of 2.2%, and guided to a FY2026...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 31, 2026 | Airlines, Transport & Infrastructure, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRVirgin Australia collapsed into voluntary administration in April 2020, was bought by Bain Capital, and returned to the ASX on 24 June 2025 at A$2.90 a share, raising A$685 million at a market capitalisation of about A$2.3 billion. Qatar Airways took a...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 31, 2026 | Airlines, Transport & Infrastructure, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRQantas is the world’s oldest continuously operating airline brand and one of the most consistently profitable, and between 2022 and 2024 it managed to become one of the most disliked companies in Australia. It paid a A$100 million penalty over...
