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(Transportation-News.com, May 07, 2013 ) London, UK -- Alan Joyce, Chief Executive of Qantas, warned that Australian airports ought to keep parking costs generally lowered.
"We are talking about encouraging more and more tourists to come in and with the high Australian dollar we know Australia has become a lot more expensive," Mr Joyce said.
"We are absolutely encouraging the airports to be as efficient as possible with parking and transport to and from the airports and it is an issue that we have to maintain consciousness about," he said in Darwin.
The comments made by the CEO followed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission releasing a latest version of its Airport Monitoring Report. The study noted that the highest parking fees in the entire nation were found at the Sydney Airport. Currently the parking privilege costs $16 per hour and $56 for eight hours.
Melbourne Airport was not too far behind the Sydney Airport, charging $12 per hour and $55 for eight hours.
The revenue collected from the five airports that were investigated by the commission came out to over $340 million over a twelve-month period covering 2011/2012. That tally constituted a
3.7% increase from the twelve months prior.
"With the weakness of the Japanese yen we have to be a lot more competitive because people have choices in the US, have choices across Asia," Mr Joyce said.
"I think the whole experience is very important," he said.
A spokesperson for the Sydney Airport stated that the ACCC report did not create what could be called a fair landscape of the airport's parking options, in regards to what it must charge to maintain.
"Unfortunately, the ACCC report only looks at standard drive-up rates - customers can save up to 73 per cent off parking if they book online," she said.
"For most Sydneysiders, our online offers compare favorably with catching a taxi to and from the airport."
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