A revamped Tamworth Regional Airport has opened its doors after a $4.2 million terminal extension and security upgrade. The federally-funded renovations have seen the airport’s arrivals and departures lounge tripled in size and the car park extended, as well as the installation of new security equipment including explosive trace detection machines, hand held metal detectors
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has unveiled plans to develop an international airport on the Sunshine Coast to feed visitors into a “World Tourist Mecca” including a new 1000-room hotel and casino at the site of his Coolum resort. Palmer purchased the golf resort last year and ousted Hyatt Hotels as manager of the facility, leading
Brisbane Airport has introduced a self-service bag drop system that will be phased in over the coming months. The system, designed by aerospace technology firm SITA, allows passengers to check a bag in less than 25 second. After check-in, passengers attach the bag tag to their luggage and then drop if off at a station,
The federal government has appointed technical experts and consultants for a scoping study into the suitability of Wilton as a site for a second Sydney Airport. The study, expected to take six months, will include detailed economic, social and environmental studies of the site, located some 80km southwest of Sydney CBD. “The main purpose of
Melbourne Airport recorded 8 per cent growth in international travel but a 2 per cent decline in domestic passengers for the financial year ending June 30 as overall passenger numbers were flat on a year-to-year basis. Airport CEO Chris Woodruff attributed the drop in domestic travel to the grounding of Melbourne-based Tiger Airways and the
Travel through Brisbane Airport was up 4.6 per cent last financial year to more than 21 million passengers, setting a new record despite the Qantas grounding and the collapse of Brisbane-based Air Australia. The uptick came on the back of steady growth in seat capacity, with more than one million seats added on domestic flights
