Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather says onerous fees and charges deter tourists from visiting Australia and need to be reduced where possible. Mather says the visa requirements for visitors to Australia had not kept up with the changing nature of the nation’s biggest tourism markets, highlighting that while many European passport holders were able
Melbourne Airport has unveiled a number of concept images for a proposed upgrade to the international terminal at Tullamarine. The concept images of a revamped T2 were shown to an audience of about 700 at Melbourne Airport’s annual stakeholder meeting at Melbourne Town Hall on September 15. “Our international terminal will be the centrepiece of our
Sydney Airport has posted a one per cent increase in passenger traffic in August, underpinned by growth in international travellers. The airport handled 3.202 million passengers in August, up from 3.17 million in the prior corresponding period, Sydney Airport said on Friday. International passengers rose 1.8 per cent in the month to 1.067 million, while there
The Victorian government has identified the preferred route for a $260 million rail line linking Melbourne’s Avalon Airport to the existing Melbourne-Geelong track. A spur rail line of about 5.5km that begins between Lara and Little River stations on the Melbourne-Geelong rail line was identified as the most preferred option, according to the Avalon Airport
The federal government’s move to lift the terror alert level to high will result in a bolstered presence from law enforcement agencies at airports and may cause longer wait times for travellers and additional security checks for staff, Australia’s security bodies say. Airports and airlines, however, have not been asked to do anything extra as a
Having completed the rollout its new digital air traffic control suite at four new airport towers, Airservices says it will begin installing the new suite at four existing towers in the period ahead. The nation’s air navigation service provider says Gold Coast, Perth, Cairns and Brisbane airports will be the first four existing towers to
