Brisbane Airport

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Brisbane Airport is located in the Brisbane suburb of Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane Airport has an International Terminal, a Domestic Terminal and a cargo terminal. Both of the passenger terminals have a large number of shops and restaurants.

The airport won Best Privatised Airport of 2005 by the International Air Transport Association IATA. A $280 million dollar upgrade is in the planning stages at the International Terminal. Brisbane's $400 million parallel runway project is close to a reality after a dramatic rise in passenger numbers over the last 3 years, annual passenger numbers in Brisbane expected to reach more than 22 million by 2012 and more than 35 million by 2023.

Brisbane Airport is accessible by road from Brisbane's Gateway Motorway and accessible by rail using the AirTrain service. A new Airport Link motorway is planned to connect the Brisbane CBD and airport.

Contents

1 History
2 The \"Southern Cross\" at the International Terminal
3 Terminals

3.1 Domestic
3.2 International
3.3 Cargo

4 See also
5 Reference
6 External links

History

Brisbane's original main airport was Archerfield aerodrome. A smaller airstrip existed at Eagle Farm, which was where the Southern Cross first landed in Australia after its trans-Pacific flight in 1928).

During the Second World War Brisbane was the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur. The United States armed forces considerably upgraded Eagle Farm airfield to cater for military flights. After the war this became Brisbane's main civilian airport, with many of the original hangers continuing to be used as passenger and freight terminals into the 1980s.

By the 1970s it was clear the facilities at Eagle Farm were inadequate for a city of Brisbane's size and anticipated growth in air traffic. The Federal Government announced the construction of a new airport to be built immediately north of Eagle Farm airport.

The new airport was built on the former Brisbane residential suburb of Cribb Island, which was demolished to make way for the airport. Large amounts of sand were pumped from nearby Moreton Bay to bring much of the swampy land above the range of tides.

In 1995 the Australian Federal Government announced it would be selling off its airports around Australia. The airport was acquired on a 50 year lease by a consortium of governmental and financial interests led by Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, which now holds the management contract for the facility. In line with Schiphol's overall policy, Brisbane Airport is now at the heart of a master-planned "Airport City" development and a partner in the Australia TradeCoast economic development zone. Both developments are growing apace.

Proposals to build a parallel runway eventually (when it is necessary) have been the subject of controversy led by some local politicians. This was a key element of the airport's Master Plan, which was approved in 2003, but does not yet have planning permission.

An Airport Link motorway has been proposed to allieviate congestion on airport approach roads and nearby suburbs.

The \"Southern Cross\" at the International Terminal

The Southern Cross

The "Southern Cross", which was piloted by Australian aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and which was the first aircraft to fly across the Pacific Ocean (travelling from San Francisco, California, United States, to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1928), is now preserved in a special display glass "hangar" close to Brisbane Airport's International Terminal.

Terminals

Domestic

Alliance Airlines
Jetstar Airways (Avalon, Launceston, Hobart, Hamilton Island, Proserpine)
Macair Airlines
Qantas (Domestic) (Alice Springs, Cairns, Mt Isa, Townsville, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin)
QantasLink (Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Longreach, Emerald, Roma, Charleville, Lord Howe Island, Newcastle)
Sunshine Express Airlines
Virgin Blue (Rockhampton, Mackay, Hamilton Island, Proserpine, Townsville, Cairns, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle, Hobart)
Australian Air Express uses a remote stand at the Domestic Terminal.

International

Aircalin (Noumea)
Air Nauru (Nauru)
Air New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington)
Air Niugini (Port Moresby)
Air Pacific (Nadi)
Air Vanuatu (Port Vila)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
China Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek)
Emirates (Auckland, Dubai, Singapore)
EVA Air (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek)
Freedom Air (Dunedin, Hamilton)
Garuda Indonesia (Auckland, Denpasar-Bali)
Japan Airlines (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
Jetstar (Christchurch)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
Pacific Air Express (Christchurch)
Pacific Blue (Auckland, Christchurch, Nadi, Port Vila, Wellington)
Qantas (International) (Auckland, Cairns, Christchurch, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Manila, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Wellington)
Royal Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Solomon Airlines (Honiara)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok)

Cargo

DHL
Heavylift
Transmile
Australian Air Express

Reference

^[1] Brisbane Airport (2005). [Fast Facts: Airport and Travel Statistics]

External links

[Brisbane Airport official website]
[Information about the new newparallel runway]
[Image of the new Airbus A380 in Brisbane]
[BARB site] Against the proposed second runway.

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