Melbourne Airport announced on October 20 that total passenger numbers for the first quarter of the current financial year increased three per cent, driven primarily by strong international growth. International passenger numbers increased by 10 per cent during the quarter with a 14 per cent increase in September alone as international capacity increased significantly. Domestic
Newcastle Airport officially opened its $4 million terminal expansion on October 19. The expanded terminal, which is on the western side of the current passenger terminal, opens up an additional 750 square metres of premium office space on level one, while also providing five more check-in counters and additional check-in area. The CEO of Newcastle
Queensland Airports Limited, which operates Townsville, Gold Coast and Mount Isa airports, recorded a 13 per cent increase in passenger numbers during September. The growth was driven primarily by the Gold Coast which saw a 19 per cent jump in passenger numbers while Townsville recorded a 1.13 per cent increase, but Mount Isa was lower
Infrastructure & Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has approved the construction of second building at the Gold Coast Airport campus of Southern Cross University. The $50 million facility will include lecture and teaching spaces, faculty offices and student facilities and is due for completion in 2012. It was part of a major development plan and as
The federal government must put a night time curfew on Jandakot Airport in Perth’s south if a fourth runway is approved, according to the mayor of the local government area the airport is in. City of Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett told Fairfax press that with the additional runway that movements at the airport would rise
Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) has announced that it plans to make a NZ$125m (A$102m) public bonds issue during late October. The bonds will have a maturity term of five years, with the fixed interest rate to be announced prior to the offer opening later this month, with the issue expected to close in late


