Celebrating our finalists!

Congratulations to the Melbourne Airport team and partners, suppliers of our airport community, who are our finalists for 2026.

We are proud to recognise each of our finalists for the inspirational contribution they made to Melbourne Airport's vision - to be Australia's favourite airport destination.

Our judging panel now has the difficult task of determining who will be the winners of the Melbourne Airport Excellence Awards for 2026. We wish all our finalists the best of luck.

About the Melbourne Airport Excellence Awards

• Cory Roberts,
  Air New Zealand
• Maci Farrell,
  McDonald's
• Jake Parker,
  Delaware North
• Tom Amerena,
  Emirates Leisure Retail
• Jenae Broomfield,
  SSP Australia 
• Rob Godino,
  Lotte Duty Free

• Travellers Aid for Melbourne Airport Assist
• Novotel & ibis Styles Melbourne Airport
• Air New Zealand
• Virgin Australia
• The Tourism Group

• Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
• Printing Intelligence
• Signed On
• Blue Fire Systems
• ServiceQ

• Reta Jaboo,
  Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Mel Ulas,
  Samsonite
• Amine Righi,
  Virgin Australia
• Sarkees Wanees, Emilija Petrovska, Vladimir Petrovik, Pembe Essizer, Baljinder Brar and Akshat Kumar,
  ISS Security Services
• Brendan McCarthy,
  Qantas 
• Ron Gallard,
  Melbourne Airport Ambassador

• Adnan Farooq, Can Alihos, Mohommad Mohammad,
  ISS Security Services
• Bruce Greenwood,
  Melbourne Airport
• Jonathon Spiteri Fenton,
  dnata
• Adam Paul,
  Qantas 
• Bianca Farrugia,
  Regional Express Airlines

• Emirates, ISS Security Services, Australian Border Force, Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, Melbourne Airport,
  Emirates Travel Rehearsal
• Seymore Whyte, RP Infrastructure, SAGE, Melbourne Airport,
  Naarm Way Stage 2 Elevated Road and Forecourt
• Qantas, Melbourne Airport,
  Delivering the Largest Airport Commercial Agreement in Melbourne Airport's History  
• Delta Air Lines, Melbourne Airport,
  Delta Air Lines Inaugural   
• RP Infrastructure, Reidy Airport Terminal Equipment (RATE), Fulton Hogan Construction, Maz Group, Qantas, Melbourne Airport,
  T1 Aerobridge Upgrades, Pier C East Pavement Replacement and Aircraft Go Live

• Airside EV Charging Project
• Stories on Country: Embedding First Nations Voices in Melbourne Airport’s ESG Journey
• APAM's First Ecological Burn 

• Heru Fajri Putra,
  Axil Coffee Roasters
• Gerry Lim,
  ST. ALi T1
• Taylah Greig,
  Veneziano
• Amit Shrestha,
  Icons Victoria
• Annie Nguyen,
  Coffee Capital