Owners and operators of remote airfields have until October 20 to apply for the final round of federal government funding for upgrades to facilities. Canberra has opened the fifth and final round of applications for its remote airstrip upgrade program, which offers funding for improvements to airfields in isolated communities. The scheme was allocated $33.7
Sydney Airport has reported a 4.1 per cent increase in passenger numbers for August, underpinned by higher load factors on international services. There were 3.5 million travellers through Sydney Airport in August, compared with 3.40 million in the same month a year earlier. International passengers rose 8.3 per cent in the month to 1.29 million,
The 2017 Australian Airports Association (AAA) National Conference and Exhibition will feature presentations from an senior airline executives, the heads of the nation’s aviation regulatory bodies and senior politicians. The four-day event will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from November 13-17, with more than 600 delegates expected to attend. The final program, published
Pilots will be able to view live conditions at 17 locations around the country thanks to Airservices’ most recent expansion of its weather camera portal. Airservices said on Monday five new sites have joined the existing network of locations, namely Melbourne Avalon, Cairns, Gold Coast (Coolangatta), Mackay and Toowoomba. The weather camera portal allows pilots
Brisbane Airport plans to cut energy consumption and carbon emissions thanks to 22,000 solar panels being installed between now and August 2018. The panels will be placed at six sites across the airfield and cover an area of 36,000 square metres. The roof of the international terminal alone will be fitted with 7,133 panels measuring
Brisbane will have a new nonstop flight to China from December when Air China commences flights from Beijing to the Queensland capital. Air China plans to operate four flights a week between Brisbane and Beijing beginning December 11 with Airbus A330-200 equipment. Brisbane Airport said in a statement the new route was established in partnership
