Airbiz provided comprehensive airport planning services to support Sydney Airport’s co-location strategy for international and domestic operations. The work encompassed forecasting, airside planning and simulation, and terminal planning to develop a feasible pathway for infrastructure staging to achieve co-location. Starting from a long-term reference layout, Airbiz is developing and detailing phasing options to deliver practical design solutions that meet demand with minimal abortive work whilst maximising operational flexibility.

The co-location strategy focuses on offering a significantly improved transfer product that enhances the passenger experience whilst achieving more effective use of land and airside infrastructure. Services provided include demand analysis, dedicated airline and alliance terminal configurations, heavy focus on swing gate cross-utilisation, premium level of service planning, reconfigured ground transport interchange, and detailed assessment of airfield and landside movement areas supported by detailed airfield and terminal simulations.