The mining boom is driving strong growth in passenger travel to and from Perth even as more popular east coast routes show sluggish or negative growth. Overall passenger numbers through the Western Australia capital were up 9.5 per cent to 11.45 million for the year ending September 30, according to figures released by the Bureau
Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown is exploring plans to expand overnight freight operations. That could include facilitating a dedicated fleet of Boeing 737 freighters or a similar type of aircraft at the airport. Currently, overnight freight activities at the airport are limited to midsized propeller aircraft. In a statement, CEO Colin Grove said the airport was
Brisbane Airport general manager Stephen Goodwin has been elected chairman of the Australian Airports Association (AAA). In a statement, the association cited Goodwin’s broad experience in aviation over 14 years with the Brisbane Airport Corporation. Goodwin replaces John McArdle of Adelaide Airport, who has served as AAA chairman for the past nine years.
Darwin Airport is set to receive a pair of Explosive Trace Detection machines by the end of the year. The $100,000 machines come as part of $200 million federal government initiative to beef up airport security that will fund a raft of new measure including full body scanners, multi-view X-ray machines and additional security dogs.
Travellers in Australia will no longer be banned from taking liquids on international flights once new explosive detection equipment comes online, the federal government has announced, saying the machines would be installed by 2013. Approval of new “multi-view explosive detection x-ray machines and bottled liquid scanners” follows trials at Sydney and Melbourne airports last year
The federal government has approved plans to expand Perth Airport’s Terminal 1 as it seeks to meet growing demand. The $500 million first phase of the plan will see an 80 per cent expansion of floor space to accommodate 16 additional check-in counters, a larger baggage claim area, aerobridges capable of facilitating Airbus A380 superjumbo
