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Freight Master Plan Concept

8.1 Introduction 73

8.2 Existing facilities 73

8.3 Current capacity 73

8.4 Future demand 73

8.5 Development concept 74


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8.0 Freight Master Plan Concept

Sydney Airport is the air freight gateway to Australia and freightvolumes are projected to double over the planning period. The Master

Plan concept to support this growth is the development of an aviation

logistics precinct in the northern part of the airport. This precinct

provides for new or expanded freight facilities as well as bypass and

staging facilities to enable efficient transfer of freight between the

airfield and off-airport operations.

8.1 Introduction

Sydney Airport handles about 50 per cent of

Australias international airfreight traffic and 30

per cent of domestic volumes. As an international

hub, cargo to and from Sydney is transhipped via

domestic routes. It is estimated that transhipping

accounts for 27 per cent of overall tonnage.

Exports from Australia are dominated by fresh,

chilled or frozen perishables such as meat,

seafood, fruit, vegetables, flowers, livestock

and manufactured goods. International imports

are typically high value manufactured products

such as computer and car parts. Mail is also an

important segment of the international business.

Express and parcel services form a large

component of the domestic and intrastate

airfreight business.

8.2 Existing facilities

8.2.1 On-site cargo terminal operators

Air freight activities occur in conjunction with

international, domestic and intrastate passenger

services and also in dedicated freight aircraft.

A small number of dedicated domestic freight

operations take place in the curfew period using

approved aircraft types.

There are currently five International Cargo

Terminal Operators (CTOs) and two domestic

CTOs operating at Sydney Airport, providing a

broad range of services. The International CTOs

are Qantas Freight, Toll/Dnata, Australian Air

Express, Menzies and DHL. The Domestic CTOs

are Australian Air Express and Toll/Dnata. The area

dedicated to International and Domestic CTOs is

46,950 sqm and 6,900 sqm respectively.

Whilst there is some overlap in the types of

services offered, essentially the CTOs operate

in discrete markets. Some offer the full range

of services including airside handling, storage,

packing and unpacking. Some subcontract or

outsource various parts of the logistics chain to

others. Some operate as common carriers for

parcel-type freight where others concentrate onpreloaded aircraft containers from known shippers.

8.2.2 Other on-site freight activities

A number of passenger airlines fly dedicated

freight aircraft to Sydney. An existing common

user freight bypass facility is located in the

International Precinct.

Livestock handling facilities are provided at Sydney

Airport in accordance with AQIS requirements in

both the International and Domestic precincts.

8.2.3 Off-airport freight operations

Off-site, there are around 130 forwarders and

integrators located within a five kilometre radius

of Sydney Airport. These operations range in

scale, complexity and degree of service from major

operations to small owner-operators offering very

basic services.

8.2.4 Freight aircraft parking

International freight aircraft park in off peak

periods on various apron areas which also serve

passenger aircraft. The main areas used are

adjacent to the international freight facilities and

immediately west of the Northern Pond area

adjacent to the Qantas Jet Base. Other freight

aircraft are also parked in the domestic precinct

and small overnight freight aircraft operations are

facilitated in the GA area.

8.3 Current capacity

Based on average airport-wide productivity of 10

tonnes per square metre per annum the capacity

of existing on airport facilities is around 450,000

to 500,000 tonnes per annum for international and

80,000 tonnes per annum for domestic.

8.4 Future demand

International and domestic freight tonnages

(including mail) for 2029 is forecast to increase

to 910,000 and 167,000 tonnes respectively

excluding transhipments.


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Total annual dedicated freight aircraft movementsare forecast to grow from 7,800 in 2007 to

10,400 in 2029. The majority of airfreight at

Sydney Airport is carried as cargo in the holds of

passenger aircraft with approximately 20 percent

moved by dedicated freight aircraft.

Freight terminals are expected to continue cargo

operations at Sydney Airport and require an

increase in size and productivity to meet the

forecast demand. The Airport Logistics Zone (see

Chapter 12) to the north has been identified for

this purpose.

8.5 Development concept

Existing international and domestic airfreight

handling facilities on Sydney Airport are currently

operating near capacity. This has stimulated

a number of airfreight handling operators to

locate terminals off-airport to the north of the

airport. This trend is projected to continue to

accommodate the forecast substantial increase in

freight volumes.

In the medium term it is expected that freight

will continue to be handled from a number of the

current on-airport terminals. As the International

Passenger Terminal is expanded to the north (seeChapter 7), part of the current international freight

terminal site could be redeveloped for interim use

as a freight bypass and staging facility pending the

longer term development as detailed below.

Longer term, the areas zoned for Airport Logistics

are available for the development of on-airport

freight and freight support facilities. The Master

Plan proposes direct landside and airside vehicular

access to the logistics areas (see Chapter 10).

Also, on-airport freight bypass and staging

facilities are proposed to be established near the

current Qantas Jet Base to support off-airportfreight operators. These facilities would be located

between the International and Domestic Precincts

and could also be supported by some smaller

satellite facilities within the main terminal precincts

for products such as time sensitive express freight.


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