Price regulation of airport services (2007)

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
• 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

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