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The four-month Airport Assist pilot program will see several hubs open across the airport to help disabled passengers navigate areas such as car parks, check-in, baggage halls, and pick-up and drop-off zones. It comes after the Aviation White Paper last month flagged a focus on disability access.
In the financial year to August, international travel was up 8.8 per cent and domestic up 0.8 per cent on the same time last year, for a total increase of 3.2 per cent, while for the month of August, international seat capacity was at 101 per cent of 2019 levels.
The agreement will give the airport, currently in the middle of a major redevelopment, funding from the state’s Aviation Attraction Fund (AAF) for two years after the commencement of new routes.
The airport is installing body scanners and 3D x-ray bag scanners across all of its screening lanes, which will eliminate the need for passengers to remove items such as laptops, tablets and aerosols from their bags.
The airport has released 27 hectares of developable land, its largest single release since 2002, and is looking to increase direct air freight access to Adelaide and encourage more cargo to travel through the city rather than larger gateways like Sydney or Melbourne.
The news comes amid recent weather troubles at the airport, which again experienced heavy delays on Monday as high winds of up to 120km/h hit the east coast, forcing the closure of two runways and the cancellation of more than 60 domestic flights.
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