FIFO Needs Spur Adelaide Airport Expansion
Adelaide Airport Ltd is planning for an additional terminal to cope with the rapid expansion of fly-in fly-out workers at the state’s mines.
AAL is considering a potential expansion of the main terminal, T1, by adding further air bridges and expanding the number of gates capable of catering for regional, domestic and international traffic.
Last financial year, 157,000 passenger movements were recorded from the two main operators of services to Olympic Dam, Moomba and Prominent Hill. Alliance Airlines and Cobham/National Jet are the two main players in the contract movement of workers. There is also an apparent increase in domestic passenger movements with major airlines as workers in other capital cities commute to South Australia.
Alliance is the biggest fly-in fly-out aircraft charter operator in Australia. Its headquarters and maintenance hangar are located at Brisbane Airport, with major bases in Townsville, Perth and Adelaide.
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