Deloitte Access Economics analysis for Brisbane Airport Corporation finds Kevin Rudd's proposed airport curfew would cost $13 billion and be at expense of 7000 jobs KEVIN Rudd's bid to impose a curfew on Brisbane Airport would cost the local economy more than $13 billion and nearly 7000 jobs. The former Prime Minister yesterday broke his post-election defeat silence to push for a night ban on flights in and out of Queensland's main aviation hub to protect the peace of residents in his Griffith electorate on Brisbane's southside. RELATED: What made Rudd break his silence? Brisbane's second airport takes flight Second runway gets all clear But independent analysis of the impact of an 11pm-6am blackout by Deloitte Access Economics reveals an enormous cost to the city and state's future growth. And the move would actually increase air traffic during the period when most complaints are made about planes. The research, commissioned by Brisbane Airport Corporation in September, for its submission to a Department of Infrastructure and Transport committee considering a curfew found: The economic loss caused over the next 20 years would total $13.6 billion. It would involve a projected loss of 6800 associated full-time jobs. Brisbane would miss out on 216,000 passengers each year - more than half of them international tourists. Other vital industries including mining and agriculture would also be hit. The groundwork has started for Brisbane airport's long awaited second runway. Courtesy Ten Eyewitness News. Mr Rudd led the fight against a second major runway at the airport from the mid-1990s - costing him $34,000 in Federal Court costs. But in July, soon after starting his short-lived return to the country's top job, he said he conceded the new parallel runway was crucial to solving the chronic flight delays causing untold damage to the state's economy. After The Courier-Mail's seven-month #bnelateagain campaign, Brisbane Airport bosses last month committed to footing the $1.35 billion cost of building the new runway by 2020. Mr Rudd's fresh campaign for a two-year trial curfew from 2020 would severely undermine many of the benefits of the new infrastructure. "Unlike many other Australian airports, Brisbane airport was planned and designed for 24-hour operations," says BAC's submission. A curfew on Brisbane Airport would stifle economic activity and growth in Queensland and Australia. The submission says Brisbane's appeal to international airlines as "a strategic location within seven to nine hours' flying time of major Asian destinations" would be undermined by a blackout disrupting schedules and keeping aircraft on the ground for extended periods. Up to 1260 inbound and 4140 outbound passengers a week could be lost, it warns. And a curfew would further increase flights in the busy 6pm to 9pm period - already the peak time for noise complaints. BAC commissioned a survey last year by independent research firm TNS of nearly 1400 residents which found 71 per cent opposed a curfew. Despite huge growth in air traffic volumes at Brisbane, noise complaints fell in 2012-13. Of 5024 complaints, 3090 were made by just three people. Submissions closed at the end of October. A decision is expected next year.