Hoxton Park Airport Limited
1 July 1998 – 15 December 2003
Commonwealth-owned company that held the lease of and operated Hoxton Park Airport, a small general aviation airport in western Sydney, from the break-up of the Federal Airports Corporation until its sale in 2003.
How it came into existence
Took over Hoxton Park Airport from the Federal Airports Corporation on 1 July 1998, as one of three Commonwealth-owned companies formed for the corporation's Sydney basin general aviation airports ahead of privatisation.
- Operation of Hoxton Park Airport
Changes during its life
- 9 April 2003The government announced that its shares would be sold with the airport lease shortened to five years, the land then converting to freehold title.
How it ended
Privatised: the Commonwealth's shares were sold, with those in Bankstown Airport Limited and Camden Airport Limited, to the BaCH consortium, whose winning bid was announced on 14 November 2003; the sale settled on 15 December 2003. The airport was sold with a lease shortened to five years, after which the land was to convert to freehold, and it was later closed.
Main functions
- Operation and management of Hoxton Park Airport
- Airport property and tenancy management
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Transport and Regional Services.
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Sources
Government records and websites
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