The family of Mr Fox and Mr Beck have been developing the Essendon Fields business park around Melbourne's second airport since 2001 after paying $22 million for a 50-year lease in 1998.

The private airport, owned by the Fox and Beck families, will be now known as Essendon Fields Airport. The air operations are now home to 50 corporate jets but also has four airlines servicing ...

“The flying’s the easy bit.” Field of dreams: The father and son team at Essendon Fields Airport with their vintage DC-3 airliner (right) and their L39 Albatros jet trainer. Credit: Jason ...

The first Hyatt Place hotel in Australia opens this week at the $1 billion Essendon Fields business park. The $60 million Hyatt Place hotel, located strategically between Melbourne Airport and the ...

It’s part of the new Essendon Fields area, which isn’t a suburb in a traditional sense (although it has its own postcode) but a loose alliance of shopping malls, play centres and event centres ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Essendon Fields Airport was finally able to host its centenary open day on Sunday, despite the actual 100th birthday being last year.