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A Malaysia Airlines A330-300, 9M-MTL (similar aircraft pictured), overran runway 34 at Melbourne on 7 September, while a Bamboo Airways 787-9, VN-A819, overran it on 18 September. Each occurrence took place at night.
The airport will expand its Terminal 2 apron, build a new maintenance hangar for Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA), and develop a new aviation support precinct, at an estimated total cost of approximately $90 million.
International traffic at Sydney was at 89.7 per cent of 2019 levels in August, compared to domestic at 88.0 per cent. In total, the airport saw an 88.6 per cent recovery on pre-pandemic traffic, with the strong international numbers driven particularly by Asian travel.
Scott Charlton, who has served as CEO of toll road giant Transurban since 2012, will step into the role at Australia’s biggest airport on 1 December. It follows Geoff Culbert announcing his resignation in May after almost six years in Sydney Airport’s top job.
While Jetstar operates flights from Adelaide to Denpasar, Adelaide has not seen a Qantas-branded international service since the Flying Kangaroo ended its Singapore route in 2013, a situation Premier Malinauskas labelled a “disappointing state of play” at a press conference on Wednesday.
Brisbane is expecting 1.65 million people through its terminals over the two-week period, with 70,000 on 29 September alone, while Melbourne is tipping an average of 100,000 passengers per day, including 110,000 on 15 September.
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