14 Facts About Brisbane Airport

1.

Brisbane Airport is the primary international airport serving Brisbane and South East Queensland.

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2.

Brisbane Airport is a major hub for both Virgin Australia and Qantas, and a secondary hub for Qantas' low cost subsidiary Jetstar.

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3.

Brisbane Airport has the third highest number of domestic connections in Australia following Sydney and Melbourne.

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4.

Federal Government announced the construction of Brisbane Airport to be built immediately north east of Eagle Farm Airport.

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5.

Since that time, BAC has assumed ultimate responsibility for the operations of Brisbane Airport including all airport infrastructure investment with no government funding.

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6.

Brisbane Airport contains an Emirates lounge, the first outside Dubai that has direct access to the A380 aerobridges, and has Air New Zealand, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Swissport and Plaza Premium lounges.

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7.

International terminal at Brisbane Airport was the first airport in the world to roll out a Bitcoin and other crypto-currency related token payment service that majority of the stores within the terminal have taken part in.

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8.

Brisbane Airport's domestic terminal is a two-storey curved building with three complete satellite arms extending beyond the building providing additional passenger lounge and gate facilities for airlines.

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9.

Brisbane Airport has 4 car-parks, all operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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10.

Brisbane Airport has two railway stations as part of a privately owned airport rail line.

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11.

Brisbane Airport has cycling and pedestrian connections connecting to the Moreton Bay Bikeway network.

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12.

However, Sydney is on the border of the two FIRs, and thus Brisbane Airport Centre has control of flights arriving or departing in Sydney from the North.

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13.

Brisbane Airport has won a number of awards; including being rated as Australia's No 1 airport for quality of service 10 years in a row in a survey by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and being ranked as 3rd Best Airport in the world .

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14.

In 2005 Brisbane Airport was awarded the IATA Eagle Award, the second of only two Australian airports to receive such an award.

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