The federal government is on track to deliver its response to the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) by the end of the year, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Secretary Mike Mrdak says. The department was working through the government’s response, Mrdak told delegates at the Australian Airports Association national conference on the Gold Coast
Forecast growth in passenger numbers, coupled with the persistent threat of a terrorist attack will place unsustainable pressure on security checkpoints at the nation’s airports unless new techniques introduced, a conference has heard. To manage the anticipated 260 million travellers expected to pass through Australia’s airports by 2030, regulators are looking at providing expedited screening for
Although airports are doing what they can to streamline the way travellers move through the terminal, airport operators say border processing remains one factor that is beyond their control. Perth Airport chief executive Brad Geatches highlighted his frustration with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service on a recent day when 500 arriving international passengers from
Qantas’s “transformation” plan to return the airline group to profitability via 5,000 job cuts, aircraft retirements and order deferrals, and network consolidation is tracking better than first hoped, chief financial officer Gareth Evans says. “The transformation is key for us, ensuring that we execute and implement the transformation goals that we have set, and it’s
Aviation Australia graduate Rachel Dudok was presented with this year’s Vocational Student of the Year at the Australian Training Awards which took place in Adelaide on November 21. She was shortlisted for the award early in November after winning Queensland’s Vocational Student of the Year. “The night went really well and I wasn’t expecting to win
Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather says there are more tools than ever before to monitor how passengers are making their way through the terminal. While it might sound like a modern version of Big Brother, Mather says the airport’s ability to track where passengers are using the available free wi-fi service, how long they
