Category: Airports

Federal parliament has passed legislation to strengthen airport planning processes and improve community consultation as part of the government’s Aviation White Paper process. “The reforms contained in the Airports Amendment Bill 2010 recognise that airports exist primarily for aviation purposes, there to serve the national economy and the flying public,” Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Perth Airport has announced revised plans to spend $500 million over the next three years on terminal developments as it strives to meet traffic growth fuelled by Western Australia’s mining boom. Key aspects of the plan are an expansion of the existing international terminal with the incorporation of a new shared domestic pier to be

Melbourne Airport exceeded 2.5 million passenger movements in October, its highest figure yet for a single month, with 27 million passengers passing through the airport for the 12 months to the end of October, also a record. International passenger traffic through Melbourne is surging, up 14.3 per cent in October compared to October 2009 to

The Victorian Liberal Nationals coalition would build a rail line to link Avalon Airport to Melbourne and Geelong should it win November 27’s state election. Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said the coalition would spend $50 million in its first term on design and planning, land acquisition and preliminary construction works, out of a total estimated