Advertisement Melbourne Airport has asked the state government for the right to block housing and other developments in areas affected by flight noise, as it fights to stop a Sydney Airport-style curfew being imposed on planes flying into Tullamarine. But one planning expert says there are so many developments already approved but not yet built in suburbs affected by flight noise that a curfew is now inevitable within a decade. Melbourne Airport wants a specified “physical area of airport interest” defined as the boundary for where it can have a say on stopping developments not in its interests. Credit: Elke Meitzel