Wellcamp airport nearing completion just outside Toowoomba is expected to have some air traffic management issues given its close proximity to two other airfields, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says. The CASA Office of Airspace Regulation’s preliminary assessment of airspace issues at Brisbane West Wellcamp airport found there were a series of potential air
The NSW government has begun lobbying federal ministers to lift the hourly movement cap at Sydney Airport during peak periods. NSW deputy premier and minister for tourism Andrew Stoner says he has spoken to federal minister for trade and development Andrew Robb and infrastructure minister Warren Truss regarding the 80 aircraft movements an hour cap
Nhill has shown off its new runway after the completion of recent construction work. The airport in Victoria’s north-west had its runway and taxiway resealed, as well as new line markings drawn, at a cost of about $160,000 which was funded by the state government. Victorian minister for aviation Gordon Rich-Phillips said the upgrades improved
Melbourne Airport’s new T4 low-cost carrier terminal is rapidly taking shape, as our image above, taken earlier this month, shows. T4, plus associated works including a new “ground transport bub” and extra aircraft parking bays are due to become operational in the second half of 2015. Part of those works include the demolition of the
Alice Springs Airport has opened an expansion of its solar power station, the supporting structure for which has provided 98 additional undercover parking spaces. The new $1.9 million 325kW photovoltaic (PV) system consists of 996 new panels, and was constructed on top of a steel structure that provides shaded, premium car parking. “Our first solar
Melbourne and Brisbane airports recorded double-digit growth in international passengers in April as local and overseas flyers took to the skies over Easter and the ANZAC Day weekends. Tullamarine had 651,320 international passengers in April, up 13.8 per cent from the same month a year ago, while in Brisbane, international traffic rose by 13.7 per
