Instead, there will be a 45-metre mast fitted with 20 high definition cameras beaming live feeds back to a data centre.
new international airport will be the first in Australia to operate without a traditional manned air traffic control tower.
"We'll have the speed of the aircraft, the altitude of the aircraft, the callsign of the aircraft," Lewis said. "Absolutely it's safe, at the heart of everything we do with air services it's safety first," Lewis said.
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