Qantas to spend $50m on Perth airport
A report in the Sunday Times says that Qantas has announced it will spend $50m upgrading the airline’s Perth terminal in major revamp beginning later this year.
Qantas executive general manager services Curtis Davies said the improvements were necessary to cope with the increasing number of domestic travellers using the airport, recently branded the worst in the country.
The remodelled terminal would provide better passenger facilities as well as aircraft and baggage services.
Mr Davies said the improvement would include more check-in counters, faster security screening, a bigger departure lounge and an upgraded Qantas Club lounge.
The investment was welcomed by airport owner Westralia Airports Corporation.
Perth airport chief executive Brad Geatches said the decision recognised that WA was one of the airline’s strongest growth markets and a vital part of its global network.
The number of passenger at Perth’s domestic terminals has almost doubled in the past five years and more than five million passengers would pass through the terminal this year – most through the Qantas terminal, Mr Geatches said.
Perth Airport has already begun spending $19m million on other airport improvements.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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