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If you’ve ever been one of the 18,000-on-average daily passengers moving through Gold Coast Airport, you’ve probably pondered the state of it. Much more than a regional airport, the Coolangatta gateway to one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations is Australia’s sixth busiest airport, handling both domestic and international arrivals and departures.
Yet the single-terminal facility, opened in 1981, had no aerobridges and was lacking in space, as well as amenities and comfort.
Predicting the total 6.5 million annual passengers passing through would become 10 million by the end of the decade, and with Olympic events set to be held on the Gold Coast in 2032, a $500 million of works started in 2018.
As a significant part of that, a new terminal has just been unveiled, doubling the airport’s footprint to 30,000 square metres.
It will handle domestic flights and from October, international flights from New Zealand, Singapore and Japan. From March 2023, it will take passengers from Bali as well.
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Connecting seamlessly with the old, the new facility is the centrepiece of ongoing development of the Gold Coast Airport, with hundreds of millions of dollars more in works under way.
Across three levels, the new terminal includes six gates and room for up to 19 aircraft. There are four new glass aerobridges, as well as seven escalators and nine lifts, new boarding facilities, a departure lounge, baggage handling and border control facilities, a parents’ room, multi-faith room and a VIP room.
By mid-2023, Gold Coast Airport will offer 18 new food and beverage and retail outlets across both terminals.
See goldcoastairport.com.au