Brisbane Airport and Tourism Australia have backed Virgin Australia's application to begin nonstop flights between Brisbane and Tokyo Haneda Airport.
Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah says the airline will continue to invest in the customer experience as it restructures the business with the aim of returning to profitability.
Brisbane Airport said passenger numbers rose 1.5 per cent to a record 23,782,623 million in the 12 months to June 30 2019
Brisbane Airport’s new runway reached the final stage of construction with the pouring of more than 100,000 tonnes of asphalt beginning on July 4 2019.
Virgin Australia says it trial of a sustainable aviation fuel at Brisbane Airport has racked up one million kilometres since it began in August 2018.
This profile of Brisbane Airport and its chief executive Gert-Jan de Graaff by Chris Frame first appeared in the April 2019 edition of Australian Aviation.
