Category: Airports

The federal government has approved $837,000 in funding for 20 Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) machine at four Australian airports. The machines will be installed at Brisbane (eight), Perth, Townsville and Gold Coast airports (four each), to enhance security’s ability to detect traces of explosives on people and objects. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Adelaide Airport Ltd has promoted its chief financial officer Mark Young to managing director, replacing Phil Baker, 63, who led the company from its successful acquisition from the Commonwealth Government in 1998. Young, who had previous finance executive experience with food company San Remo and engineering contractor Macmahon Holdings, joined AAL in 2001. This content

Melbourne Airport has recorded a 11.5 percent increase in international passenger numbers for the month of August, but a four per cent drop in domestic figures. Robust international growth saw an additional 54,715 international  passengers arrive in Melbourne when compared to August last year, taking total international passengers numbers to 531,842 for the month. However,

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has announced the appointment of Rachel Crowley to head of Corporate Relations, following the departure of former incumbent Jim Carden in July. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news source.