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Katie Woolf spoke with NT Airports Executive GM Operations Rob Porter · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mixed
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine. Joining me on the line
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  Speaker 1: right now is the Northern Territory Airport's Robert Porter, the
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  Speaker 1: executive general manager of operations. Good morning to.
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  Speaker 2: You, Rob, Yeah, good morning.
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  Speaker 1: How are you not too bad? What is the situation
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  Speaker 1: out at the airport at this point in time. I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming some flights are still coming and going.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So as I look at the board now we've
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  Speaker 2: still got the full schedule of flights. I'm expecting that
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  Speaker 2: there probably are changes as the day in the next
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  Speaker 2: couple of days progressed, but at this stage, you know,
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  Speaker 2: everything that is planned for the day is still planned. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: We were anticipating that it was going to be quite
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  Speaker 1: a busy week, quite a crazy week with the school holidays.
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  Speaker 1: The assumption is, I suppose that we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: see the same volume of people coming through the airport
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  Speaker 1: this week. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: And you know those flights that are departing and arriving,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're seeing the loads or the number of
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  Speaker 2: people in those significantly reduced. And yeah, I'm expecting I'm
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  Speaker 2: expecting redutching the numbers, which is which is very disappointing
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  Speaker 2: and very sad for everybody at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is, there's no doubt about that. And a
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  Speaker 1: lot of us, you know, maybe waiting for family to
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  Speaker 1: arrive later in the week. I know, I was. It
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  Speaker 1: now means that a lot of those plans have really
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  Speaker 1: gone into chaos.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. I think COVID picks on the holiday season.
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  Speaker 2: Every time a holiday comes along, rares it's head. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: well we're a resilient bungs out here at the airport,
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  Speaker 2: so it will continue to sold John and do as
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  Speaker 2: we can.
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  Speaker 1: Now with those people that are still arriving and some
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  Speaker 1: still flying out, what is the process in terms of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, making sure that everybody has got their masks
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  Speaker 1: on and doing the right thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, so, you know, distancing, wearing a mask and
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  Speaker 2: hand washing. That the even more important than ever before.
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  Speaker 2: But the territory has gone the border control units operating
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  Speaker 2: and ensuring that everyone completes their border forms, double checking
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  Speaker 2: to see where people have come from and processing them.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, if you've got people coming or you're
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  Speaker 2: de partying, things will be a little bit slower, but
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  Speaker 2: I think we can all understand that we need to
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  Speaker 2: work through it is very methodically so that the contact
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  Speaker 2: traces out there can do their work and really start
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  Speaker 2: to nail down where the issues are.
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  Speaker 1: And are there any parts of the airport or is
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  Speaker 1: the airport at this point in time it's not considered
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  Speaker 1: an exposure zone or anything like that. Following on from
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  Speaker 1: that charter flight with the mine, No, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: So we've you know, the controls that we've had and
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  Speaker 2: the controls that will continue to work with doing doing
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  Speaker 2: as well. And then we've increased our cleaning and we're
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  Speaker 2: just using the passengers and those is the terminus. Be vigilant,
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  Speaker 2: ensure you're wearing a mask and ensuring your practicing social
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  Speaker 2: distancs and.
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  Speaker 1: A reminder you do Actually you will get fined if
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  Speaker 1: you don't have a mask on inside the airport, can't you.
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  Speaker 2: I think all of those things are subject to rules
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  Speaker 2: and regulations and there are some there are some penalties
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  Speaker 2: in place that you know. Where we're taking approach is
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  Speaker 2: to remind people to wear a mask and that's all.
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  Speaker 2: That's all me and the team of the airport can
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  Speaker 2: do well.
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  Speaker 1: Robert Porter is there anything else we should be aware
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  Speaker 1: of this morning as people are in lockdown and wondering
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  Speaker 1: where this is all going to end. Anything we should
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  Speaker 1: be aware of from the airport perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Just simply if you're flying, the airport can't help you
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  Speaker 2: with your check in or you're changing your flight, so
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  Speaker 2: stay in touch with the airline that you've got booked
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  Speaker 2: or we've got passengers coming from to keep in touch
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  Speaker 2: with the airline. We will keep our website up to
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  Speaker 2: date for arrival and departure information. You can follow us
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  Speaker 2: on social media, so follow the social pipes and we
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  Speaker 2: will just provide information as it comes to hand. But
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  Speaker 2: we can't we can't predict, we can't change. So my
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  Speaker 2: advice is that if you're flying or you've got people flying,
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  Speaker 2: check in with your airline and that's the first one
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  Speaker 2: of Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Anti Airports Executive General Manager of Operations, Rob Porter, I
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  Speaker 1: really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'll take care of it.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.