Review of Price Regulation of Airports Services

Contents

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Opportunity for further comment, Terms of reference, Contents, Abbreviations, Key points, Overview, Draft Recommendations

1   Background and context
1.1   Background to the inquiry
1.2   Some boundaries for the inquiry
1.3   Some factors bearing on the Commission’s analysis
1.4   A guide to the rest of the report

2   Price and rate of return outcomes
2.1   Prices
2.2   Changes in costs
2.3   Rates of return
2.4   Have price and profit outcomes been reasonable?

3   Other monitoring outcomes
3.1   Structure of charges
3.2   Service quality
3.3   New investment
3.4   Non-price terms and conditions
3.5   Progress in implementing commercial negotiation and dispute resolution
3.6   Compliance costs

4   Should price monitoring continue?
4.1   Objectives of price monitoring
4.2   How well has monitoring worked in practice?
4.3   A further period of price monitoring is warranted
4.4   How should the new arrangements operate?
4.5   Which airports should be monitored?

5   Changes to the implementation of price and service quality monitoring
5.1   Service coverage issues
5.2   Quality of service monitoring
5.3   Changes to reporting arrangements

6   Asset valuation issues
6.1   Why is asset valuation of policy interest?
6.2   Background to the current debate
6.3   Should asset revaluations provide a basis for higher charges?
6.4   Some cost of capital considerations

7   Facilitating commercial negotiations
7.1   Current arrangements
7.2   How well have these arrangements worked?
7.3   Assisting the transition process

8   Other matters
8.1   Regional airlines’ access to Sydney Airport
8.2   Government-provided airport services
8.3   International air services

A   Inquiry information

B   Current regulatory arrangements for airport services

C   Airports and related information

D   Declaration of domestic airside services at Sydney Airport

References