Launceston Airport has recorded a one per cent growth in passenger traffic for the first quarter of the 2010/2011 financial year. Over the three months, 268,000 passengers passed through the airport compared to 266,000 over the same quarter in the previous year. Despite the low rate of growth, Launceston Airport general manager Pamela Graham said
A major upgrade of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Cairns Airport to improve its reliability and extend its useful life has now been completed by Airservices Australia. “The old ILS equipment was one of the least reliable in the country and outages during the last wet season made it a priority for replacement. The
Qantas has announced that it will return to the Melbourne-Darwin market while Jetstar has also announced increased flying on a number of routes, including plans to start flying from Darwin to Manila next year. Jetstar will increase its services on the Darwin-Adelaide route from four times weekly to daily services from December 10, while its
Sydney Airport has joined AirAsia X in its campaign for the Malaysian government to grant it rights to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. The airline recently took the step of painting one of its aircraft with a message calling for the Malaysian government to “liberate Sydney” and end the monopoly that Malaysia Airlines enjoys
Canberra Airport has made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) calling for it to reconsider its draft ruling which would block the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand. In a letter dated September 24 the airport’s managing director Stephen Byron argues that the proposed alliance would not
Brisbane Airport says that passenger traffic through the airport has bounced back to levels experienced prior to the global financial crisis, with August traffic up 7.8 per cent. The increase was driven a strong growth in domestic passengers, which were up 8.4 per cent while international traffic also recorded a pleasing growth of 5.7 per
