Adelaide Airport Ltd has promoted its chief financial officer Mark Young to managing director, replacing Phil Baker, 63, who led the company from its successful acquisition from the Commonwealth Government in 1998. Young, who had previous finance executive experience with food company San Remo and engineering contractor Macmahon Holdings, joined AAL in 2001. Chairman David
The federal government has welcomed the announcement that Hobart Airport’s runway will undergo a $20 million upgrade. Airport owner Tasmanian Gateway Consortium’s Runway Overlay project will also see “significant upgrades” to the airport’s lighting system. “Today’s announcement by Hobart International Airport of a $20 million upgrade to its runway is welcome news for tourism and
Melbourne Airport has recorded a 11.5 percent increase in international passenger numbers for the month of August, but a four per cent drop in domestic figures. Robust international growth saw an additional 54,715 international passengers arrive in Melbourne when compared to August last year, taking total international passengers numbers to 531,842 for the month. However,
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has announced the appointment of Rachel Crowley to head of Corporate Relations, following the departure of former incumbent Jim Carden in July.
The trial of new body imaging technology will begin at Melbourne International Airport from Monday, following a “highly successful three week trial” at Sydney Airport, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese has announced. The body scanner trial, which saw over 4000 scans conducted at Sydney, uses low-energy millimeter-waves to detect metal and non-metal items
Perth Airport owner and operator Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC) has announced Broad Construction Services (BSC) as the winning contractor to build its new $120 million domestic terminal by December 2012. Originally one of five companies invited to tender for the lucrative contract in April, BSC will begin construction on the 14 gate terminal this month,
