Queensland Airports Limited records busiest June on record
- 2023-07-24
Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) has recorded its busiest June on record with more than 658,000 travellers passing through its four airports (Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach) throughout the month.
Around 8,500 additional passengers passed through QAL’s airports in June 2023 compared to June 2022 – which held the previous record for QAL’s busiest June. Townsville Airport celebrated its best performing June to date with more than 153,000 passengers passing through the terminal, surpassing the previous record of 144,302 set in 2012. Gold Coast Airport recorded a bumper month facilitating over 482,000 passengers through the terminal, exceeding 2019 figures by about 7,500. Mount Isa Airport and Longreach Airport also exceeded 2019 figures.
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Queensland Airport CEO, Amelia Evans
QAL CEO Amelia Evans said the strong figures were a direct result of the team’s hard work to re-establish partnerships with airlines and strengthened capacity on existing services. “We’re thrilled to have set a new group record for June and to end the financial year on such a high,” Ms Evans said.
“We have returned to 98% of pre-Covid figures, which makes for a strong business case in our discussions with airlines to acquire new routes and boost capacity on existing ones,” she said. “Already this year, we’ve established five additional services with four airlines across our airports.”
“Those services include connections to Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton and Toowoomba Wellcamp from Townsville and Kuala Lumpur and Bali from Gold Coast, with capacity on our New Zealand services having also increased” Ms Evans said. “We know that cost-of-living pressures mean everyone is more conscious about how and where they spend their money – but we’re seeing that travel remains important and by adding new destinations to our airports, we hope it will help put downward pressure on airfares overall.”
More than 3.8 million passengers have travelled through QAL’s four airports since the start of this year. The busiest routes are Gold Coast Airport’s Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland connections, and the Townsville to Brisbane service.
