Category: Airports

The evacuation of the Qantas domestic terminal on January 25 at Perth Airport was sparked by concern over what has now been identified as four drink containers filled with “an innocuous substance.” The terminal was evacuated for 45 minutes after a man who had travelled from Dubai to Perth and was catching an onward flight

Queensland Airports Limited, which owns and operates Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa airports, has reported that during 2009 cumulative passenger traffic increased by 6.24 per cent compared to the previous year. For the year, more than 6.6 million passengers passed through the three airports. The growth was assisted primarily by the Gold Coast, which

Melbourne Airport has recorded five per cent growth in passenger numbers for the second quarter of the current financial year, aided primarily by a strong rise in international passenger numbers. For the three months ending December 31, international passenger numbers were up by 14 per cent, aided by new services from Qatar Airways as well

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Anthony Albanese, met Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute on January 10 to discuss aviation security procedures in the wake of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Delta/Northwest Airbus A330 on a flight from Amsterdam to the US. “Building