Media releases

Passengers travelling to and from Perth Airport will be spoiled for choice when Ola commences services from Perth Airport adding to the significant range of transport options already available to airport customers.

Today Perth Airport and Alliance Airlines announced the signing of a new seven-year terminal pricing agreement that will provide significant savings to clients utilising Terminal 2.

Perth Airport has announced the expansion of its Duty Free offering, signing a seven year deal with Swiss-based global travel retailer Dufry.

The T2 pick-up and drop-off zone experiences significant congestion caused by vehicles using the T2 forecourt as a short stay car park rather than for the rapid passenger drop-off and pick-up activity that it is designed for.

Perth Airport says the community is responding positively to its efforts to explain its New Runway Project, as a new survey shows strong public support for the project.

Virgin Australia will introduce a new direct service between Hobart and Perth from 17 September, the only airline to offer the route in Australia.

As part of the Commonwealth Government security requirements, all international departing flights will now have restrictions in place limiting inorganic powders to volumes less than 350ml/350gm per passenger in the aircraft cabin.

Perth Airport’s $36 million upgrade of its lighting and landing system is already paying off with flights unaffected during this morning’s heavy fog, and a Royal Flying Doctor Service flight which was due to land at Jandakot diverted to Perth Airport.

Perth Airport has installed five collection boxes in the T1 terminal where people can donate either on their way out of Perth or on their arrival in whatever currency they have in their pockets.

The airline-funded lobby group A4ANZ today claimed that Perth Airport had told Qantas that it was not allowed to compete on a Johannesburg route against South African Airways. Perth Airport rejects the claim as baseless.