Moorabbin Airport Corporation (MAC) will submit a new draft master plan to the minister in March next year that will not included the destruction of apron and hangars sought under the rejected 2021 plan.
The original master plan envisaged removing more of the western end of the northern apron for commercial development, demolishing aircraft movement area and forcing aviation businesses out of existing buildings.
Then Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Barnaby Joyce rejected the plan in March.
In mid-November, MAC advised businesses that the new master plan would adopt the same western boundary as set-down in the 2015 master plan, reprieving operators leasing the hangars that were flagged for destruction.
MAC had informed businesses that their leases on the buildings would not be renewed, but failed to offer any practical alternative premises that would enable them to keep operating on the airport.
It is believed now that the businesses are safe for at least another eight years.
According to the communique, MAC will provide GA growth initiatives at Moorabbin Airport during the life of the new master plan with:
- apron and aircraft parking enhancements with more than 10,000 sqm to be improved in the next 12 months
- aviation careers awareness program, in its third year, reaches 65 schools
- expansion site for the Moorabbin Air Museum to assist with the renewal and improvement of the existing facilities.
MAC has said it will communicate and collaborate with stakeholders in finalising the reviewed master plan.