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Old 8th January 2009, 10:05 PM
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Hi Ellis

I believe that an overpasss on the intersection of Leach Highway and Tonkin Highway has been under consideration for several years and the continuation through airport land would link up with Horrie Miller Drive at a new roundabout. But that will be at least two years away.

And a similar option is also under consideration for the intersection of Horrie Miller Drive and Tonkin Highway. But what concerns me when the new complex is finally operational in 5/7 years, is the large volume of traffic that would be funnelled along the two lane HMD to the new terminal competing with the behemoths from the ever increasing industrial/commercial estates springing up along HMD.

W A drivers aren't the greatest users of roundabouts and with several along HMD there are bound to be accidents.

The new airside road is also long overdue and will reduce travelling times between the existing Domestic and International Terminals. This will be completed within 12 months but are there plans within this timeframe to have a spur road that will connect with an intersection at Leach Highway? If not the new road will only benefit those few travelling between the two terminals and will be of no use to those of us living in the southern suburbs as we would still have to use Tonkin Highway and Leach Highway to access the existing domestic terminal.

And how do those motorists travelling from the Eastern, Western and Northern suburbs access the new road to the IT ? It would appear that they would have to take a diversion and travel along Brearley Avenue to exit at the new roundabout then continue along the new link road. So more traffic for an already overstretched domestic precinct. It doesn't seem to make sense as they might as well use Tonkin Highway.

And what happens in 6/7 years time when all the proposed changes have occurred ? Will the new road on airport land still be available to those motorists who have no aviation related business as the existing Domestic Terminal will probably be demolished or put to some other non aviation use ?

I take your point about the lack of available aircraft parking space at the Domestic side but I do wonder if this may not have been a problem had all the airport land been used for aviation purposes rather then for some commercial use. And can you envisage the congestion and forest of aircraft tails at the merged terminal complex if all operators relocate ?

I still very much doubt that all the FIFO operators will relocate to the new complex as their administration and maintenance facilities would then be several kms away on the other side of the airport. Not very efficient or cost effective.

And the provision of aerobridges for jets at the new TWA depends on whether or not operators want them. Apparently not it seems.

I'm probably looking through rose coloured glasses but I thought that better minds than mine could have found a solution at the Domestic terminal problems by relocating some of the smaller operators from down near gate 4 and continuing the terminal along from the Virgin Blue end. Likewise at the other end.

Even a small realignment of the terminal to enable more efficient use of space may have been necessary. Perhaps this could have been done in stages and would have certainly inconvenienced passengers but I remember the renovations to the TAA/Australian Airlines terminal at Sydney in the 80s, Tullamarine in the 90s and also the construction of the Multi Level carpark at
Tullamarine in the 90s which didn't appear to cause undue stress.

All very much what if.
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Old 10th January 2009, 01:21 PM
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Why? If its going to be used mainly be regionals who use turboprops then why use aerobridge.... its quicker to turn the page round by not using the aerobridge
The wishes of the operators were that all inter-WA departures would use terminal wa - this includes QF, who fly lots of 738's into Broome, Karratha, Newman, Kununnara etc.\, and also DJ, who fly into Broome, Karratha and Newman with E-190/738 equipment.
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Old 10th January 2009, 02:14 PM
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The wishes of the operators or WAC ?

By my count on November 17, Qantas, Qantaslink, Skywest, Virgin, Alliance and Ozjet had 26 departures to regional W A destinations between 0515 and 0800.

When you add those of NJS, Skippers, Network, and Maroomba there would probably be more than 50 which would make for a very congested TWA.

WAC and the operators are still very quiet about who will actually move into TWA when it begins opeartion within two years.
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Old 11th January 2009, 11:06 PM
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Bobby, by operators i meant WAC.

Thankyou for pointing that out.
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Old 12th January 2009, 04:49 AM
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That's my point, Rhys, do the airline operators really want to operate out of TWA or does WAC want to force them into doing so ?

I guess it's all really academic at this stage and we might as well wait to see what happpens.
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How good is this. WAC have run out of parking spaces for aircraft now, and are now starting to park them up at the intl. FKA is on bay 50 now. Love it.
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Bit of a update with Januarys figures. Still booming! Just a pity the place is a absolute shambles. WAC stil no urgency to fix the main problem. Instead using all their resources on a regional terminal which it is dubious what regional airlines will use anyway.

Passenger numbers lift for Perth airport
24-February-09 by Edited announcement

January passenger figures for Perth Airport have shown continued growth in both the domestic and international sectors, new figures show.

The number of international passengers travelling through Perth Airport increased by 7.9 per cent on January last year and financial year to date passenger figures for international travellers was up overall by 4.5 per cent to 1.5 million passengers.

Perth Airport chief executive Brad Geatches said Perth has benefited from a range of new services operating to and from Perth in the last few months which was being reflected in the solid passenger numbers.

"The increase in low cost carriers operating services to Perth has meant Western Australians have had the opportunity to take advantage of lower airfares," he said.

"These January passenger figures demonstrate that Western Australians have enjoyed these increased international services and realised it was a great opportunity to travel.

"AirAsia X, the newest low-cost carrier to commence services to Perth has six weekly services to Kuala Lumpur connecting to a wide range of destinations in Asia (and to London in March). Both Jetstar and Virgin Blue now fly direct to Bali, complementing the long standing Garuda services. These South East Asian destinations are very popular with the Western Australian market.

"We've also experienced strong growth in services operating to China as Cathay Pacific introduced daily services to Hong Kong as a result of increased passenger figures.

"The number of visitors to Perth from South Africa has also grown, resulting in South African Airways introducing new and larger aircraft with A340-600's,"Mr Geatches said.

On the domestic and regional front, passenger numbers were up by 5.3 per cent on January 2008 and up by 8.9 per cent for the financial year to date to 4.2 million passengers.

Domestic passenger traffic has been assisted by intrastate services and by new services to Sydney and Brisbane with Virgin Blue

Mr Geatches said Virgin Blue's decision to launch services to Newman and Karratha last year as well as base their new Embraer aircraft in Perth, demonstrated confidence in the regional market.

"Jetstar, continuing to build its Perth presence, commenced additional domestic services this month and now flies to Adelaide and Cairns and Tiger Airways will soon commence flights to Adelaide, on top of their service to Melbourne.

"These extra domestic services provide more flexibility for travellers and with most airlines promoting great fares it represents a great time to fly," Mr Geatches said.
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How is the QF domestic terminal upgrade progressing? When is the completion date?
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Maybe Perth airport could take a leaf out of Adelaide's book and try doing this....







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More photos ot come in the next few days as demolition continues.
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Old 26th February 2009, 10:46 AM
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Maybe Perth airport could take a leaf out of Adelaide's book and try doing this....







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More photos ot come in the next few days as demolition continues.
Lol Dave thats what the whole joint needs. However we get bandaid after bandaid after bandaid after bandaid!
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