Category: Airports

Brisbane Airport has officially opened a new taxiway and four additional parking aprons at the international terminal. Taxiway Bravo, in front of the international terminal, allows aircraft to simultaneously arrive and depart the international apron and offers a more direct route to the runway.  According to the airport the $12 million works will cut several

It is five years since Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia X began operations to the Gold Coast.  Since 2007 the airline, which became the first low cost long haul airline to operate to the Gold Coast, has carried some 94,000 passengers between the cities. Strong collaboration between Gold Coast Airport, the Queensland government and Gold Coast Tourism

Australian firm AMP has acquired a 49 per cent share in Newcastle International Airport in northeast England. In a deal reportedly worth £150m (A$233m), AMP will acquire the shares sold by Copenhagen Airports.  The remaining stake in the airport will be retained by seven local councils. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says airlines shouldn’t have to pay in advance for the construction of Brisbane Airport’s new parallel runway, which is not due to open until 2020. Joyce, speaking at an Australian Institute of Company Directors luncheon in Brisbane on Thursday, said “airlines are not very keen on paying for infrastructure that’s not