Adelaide Airport will build new 14 self-service bag drop and 32 check-in kiosks as part of a technology upgrade. In addition to the new common-use kiosks, which offer self-service options for passengers of any airline, Adelaide Airport is also hoping to improve operations with better use of data. The investment in the passenger experience and
Sunshine Coast Airport will receive a $181 million loan from the federal government to help fund its new runway and terminal expansion. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester made the announcement of the concessional loan on Thursday. The new 2,450m long and 45m wide runway to be built in a north-west/south-east orientation (Runway
Current Sydney Airport chief financial officer (CFO) Hugh Wehby will have responsibility for the airport’s operations and the potential opportunity at the proposed Badgerys Creek airport from Janauary 2017 after being named the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). Sydney Airport said in a statement on Tuesday that Wehby’s appointment to COO was prompted by
Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher says the government is on track to issue Sydney Airport the sales contract to build and operate the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek before the end of 2016. In a speech to a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event in Parramatta on Monday, Fletcher said work on the
Qantas is counting the cost of Sunday afternoon’s wild storm over Brisbane, with four aircraft damaged amid 150km/h winds. Pictures taken from passengers and ground staff over the weekend showed stairs striking a Qantas Boeing 737-800 while passengers were on board, with one incident piercing a hole in an engine cowling. Meanwhile, a QantasLink Boeing
Christchurch and Wellington Airports say they are operating as normal while airlines have issued fee waivers for affected passengers as New Zealand picks up the pieces from the devastating earthquakes that struck the South Island on Sunday night. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake centred on Hanmer Springs, a popular tourist spot about 90 minutes north of
