News & events

News & Events

• May 09, 2012 Practice emergency exercise on Wednesday, 9 May On Wednesday 9 May, Melbourne Airport is hosting an emergency exercise.
• May 03, 2012 New Chairman for Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC) Ltd The operator of Melbourne and Launceston airports, Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC) Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David Crawford AO as its new Chairman.
• Apr 20, 2012 Melbourne Airport achieves 9% international passenger growth in third quarter Melbourne Airport’s international passengers grew by 9 per cent in the third quarter of the 2011/12, compared to the same period last year or an additional 144,916 passengers and taking total international passengers, to 1,767,378 for the quarter.
• Apr 16, 2012 Melbourne and Chengdu airports to strengthen Australia-China connections A new ‘sister airport’ relationship between Melbourne Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in the Chinese province of Sichuan will help to strengthen the growing Australia-China aviation relationship and links between Chengdu and Melbourne.
• Apr 13, 2012 Tullamarine Freeway Closures - Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 April Tullamarine Freeway closures are scheduled airport bound in the evenings between Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 April
• Mar 21, 2012 Southern Precinct project to boost domestic aviation growth Melbourne Airport’s proposed Southern Precinct project will strengthen Melbourne’s position as the centre of growth in domestic air travel, and provide a significant boost to the Victorian economy during its construction and operation.
• Mar 20, 2012 International passenger growth up by 5.5% in February 2012 International passengers at Melbourne Airport increased by 5.5 per cent or an additional 27,769 passengers during February 2012 compared to the same period last year, taking total international passengers to 529,923 for the month.
• Feb 20, 2012 International passengers at Melbourne Airport continues to grow International passengers at Melbourne Airport continued to grow strongly, increasing by 5.8 per cent or an additional 36,556 passengers compared to January 2011 and taking total international passengers to 667,535 for the month.
• Feb 17, 2012 Air Australia suspends all flights Air Australia has today entered into voluntary administration and all flights have been suspended effectively immediately.
• Jan 31, 2012 Tullamarine Freeway Closures - Friday 3 to Sunday 5 February Construction works will continue this weekend, Friday 3 - Sunday 5 February, on Melbourne Airport’s new APAC Drive On-ramp.
• Jan 19, 2012 Melbourne Airport achieves 11% international passenger growth in 2011 Melbourne Airport finished 2011 with strong international passenger growth of 11 per cent compared to 2010 or an additional 651,157 passengers, taking total international passengers for the 2011 calendar year to 6.6 million.
• Jan 18, 2012 Freeway closures city bound 20 to 22 January 2012 The next major phase of construction on Melbourne Airport's new APAC Drive On-ramp will start this weekend, 20 to 22 January 2012. The Tullamarine Freeway will be closed city bound during 20 to 22 January 2012.