public traded as asx syd industry aviation services ; airports founded 2002 headquarters sydney australia area served sydney new south wales australia key people max moore wilton ac chairman kerrie mather ceo revenue a 1.057 m 2013 profit a 75 m 2013 subsidiaries sydney airport corporation website www.sydneyairport.com.au footnotes references 1 sydney airport holdings asx syd is a publicly listed australian holding company which owns an 84 % interest in sydney airport via sydney airport corporation . the company is listed on the australian stock exchange and has its head office located in sydney new south wales . history edit in 1989 qantas airlines bought a 30 year lease on the domestic terminal of sydney airport but sold it back to the airport s operator in august 2015 for 395 million usd . 2 in 2002 the macquarie bank bought a 99 year lease on the airport for 5.6 billion . 3 the company was known as macquarie airports as a combination of trusts managed by macquarie group until it was spun off in 2009 to form map airports . map owned shareholdings in brussels and copenhagen airports besides sydney until 2011 when the company sold its shares to concentrate on the latter though retained a 1 % holding in bristol airport . the company was renamed as sydney airport holdings on 19 december 2011 . 4 in march 2009 a hells angels bikie was killed in the sydney airport after a brawl broke out . 5 in 2011 map airports traded its stakes in the brussels and copenhagen airports to the ontario teachers pension plan in exchange for the otpp s 11 % stake in sydney airport . 6 in december 2011 map airports renamed itself sydney airport holdings . the company retained a 1 % stake in bristol airport until 2013 . 7 in december 2012 eight custom officers were arrested for accepting bribery in exchange of drugs being imported in the country through the airport . 8 in august 2013 it was revealed that since the airport had been acquired by the macquarie bank in 2002 it didn t pay corporate taxes even though all other airports in the country did . 9 in november 2013 the macquarie bank sold its shares of the airport back to its own shareholders cashing 377 million in the process . 3 in april 2016 sydney airport announced it will lift its ban on uber cars within the airport only uberblack cars were allowed and create a dedicated pickup zone . 10 in may 2016 it was reported that the sydney airport plane tracking system was regularly failing leading planes to disappear from the radars . in april 2016 this issue occurred 15 times . 11 in 2013 the sydney airport was already showing flaws with its check in system that led virgin to cancel 12 flights for security reasons . 12 references edit financial report for year ended 31 december 2013 . sydney airport holdings . march 2014 . retrieved 20 december 2014 . rebecca thurlow 18 august 2015 . qantas sells lease on sydney airport terminal . wsj.com . retrieved 2016 05 02 . a b matt o sullivan 2 november 2013 . macquarie exits airport stake . smh.com.au . retrieved 2016 05 02 . financial report pdf . sydney airport holdings . 31 december 2012 . retrieved 2 february 2013 . dylan welch ; les kennedy ; ellie harvey 23 march 2009 . bikie killed in sydney airport brawl . smh.com.au . retrieved 2016 05 02 . teachers invests in premier european airports press release . cnw group . 19 july 2011 . retrieved 23 december 2011 . ontario teachers becomes sole owner of bristol airport . reuters . retrieved 2015 02 11 . arrests in australia airport customs drug probe . bbc.com . 20 december 2012 . retrieved 2016 05 02 . michael west 23 august 2013 . airport s pot of gold . smh.com.au . retrieved 2016 05 02 . sydney airport mulls uber zone . news.com.au . 19 april 2016 . retrieved 2016 05 02 . jake sturmer 2 may 2016 . sydney airport plane tracking system regularly failing workers fear for passenger safety . abc.net.au . retrieved 2016 05 02 . virgin cancels 12 flights after fault with sydney airport check in system . abc.net.au . 19 july 2013 . retrieved 2016 05 02 . external links edit official website v t e s & p asx 50 companies of australia s & p asx 200 agl energy amcor amp apa asciano aurizon anz asx bhp billiton brambles caltex australia coca cola amatil commonwealth bank computershare crown csl dexus goodman gpt incitec pivot iag james hardie lend lease macquarie medibank mirvac national australia bank newcrest mining oil search orica origin energy qbe insurance ramsay health care rio tinto santos scentre seek sonic healthcare south32 stockland suncorp sydney airport holdings telstra transurban vicinity wesfarmers westfield westpac woodside petroleum woolworths retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sydney airport holdings & oldid 723918425 categories holding companies of australiacompanies based in sydneyholding companies established in 20022002 establishments in australiaairports in greater sydney navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 june 2016 at 01 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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