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DARWIN International Airport has unveiled a $60 million expansion plan, the biggest in the airport's history.
The $60 million investment will expand the passenger terminal floor space by 65% in a modern, three"storey building to the east of the current terminal.
The plan will also relocate staff carparking facilities and create another 160 carparking spaces for the general public.
Chief executive Ian Kew said this is the first major capital investment in the passenger terminal since it opened in 1991.
“In the past 10 years, the Airport Development Group has spent over $100 million on capital investment on the airport, the vast majority of it on aviation related projects,” he added.
Kew said the airport planned to expand the passenger terminal by about 65% to meet growing air traffic through Darwin.
The expansion project will allow for projected growth to 2015, providing an extra 11,000 sqm of floor space and a new goods delivery area.
As part of the airport’s Master Plan, land not required for aeronautical purposes has been progressively used for conservation zones and commercial developments such as the ABC Childcare Centre, the highly successful Airport Resort, and the Bunnings development that opened last year.
Late last year, it was announced that the next major development on airport land would be a home and lifestyle supercentre developed by joint venture partners Darwin International Airport and Ticor Developments.
Major Development Plans will be submitted shortly to the Federal Minister for Infrastructure for both the terminal expansion project and the home and lifestyle super centre, triggering an extensive community consultation process.
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