Category: Airports

Federal government backs Sunshine Coast Airport expansion with $181 million loan
Airports

Sunshine Coast Airport will receive a $181 million loan from the federal government to help fund its new runway and terminal expansion. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester made the announcement of the concessional loan on Thursday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

Sydney Airports appoints new chief operating officer
Airports

Current Sydney Airport chief financial officer (CFO) Hugh Wehby will have responsibility for the airport’s operations and the potential opportunity at the proposed Badgerys Creek airport from Janauary 2017 after being named the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). Sydney Airport said in a statement on Tuesday that Wehby’s appointment to COO was prompted by

Federal government looks to issue Badgerys Creek airport contract by end of the year
Airports

Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher says the government is on track to issue Sydney Airport the sales contract to build and operate the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek before the end of 2016. In a speech to a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event in Parramatta on Monday, Fletcher said work on the

Qantas confirms Boeing 737-800 damaged in Brisbane storms
Airlines

Qantas is counting the cost of Sunday afternoon’s wild storm over Brisbane, with four aircraft damaged amid 150km/h winds. Pictures taken from passengers and ground staff over the weekend showed stairs striking a Qantas Boeing 737-800 while passengers were on board, with one incident piercing a hole in an engine cowling. This content is available

Christchurch and Wellington airports open as New Zealand recovers from devastating earthquake
Airlines

Christchurch and Wellington Airports say they are operating as normal while airlines have issued fee waivers for affected passengers as New Zealand picks up the pieces from the devastating earthquakes that struck the South Island on Sunday night. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake centred on Hanmer Springs, a popular tourist spot about 90 minutes north of

Federal Government outlines 40 environmental conditions for development of proposed Badgerys Creek airport
Airports

Canberra has laid down 40 environmental conditions that need to be met as part of the construction and operation of the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney’s west. Federal Minister for the Environment an Energy Josh Frydenberg said the environmental conditions covered biodiversity, noise and heritage and were developed after a review of the

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