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Brisbane’s airport will have a third terminal—and use only renewable energy by 2025.
Planning for the third terminal is under way with talks between the airport and airlines.
Brisbane Airport Corporation estimates 50 million passengers will travel through its terminals each year by 2040.
“We are running out of terminal capacity and we’re looking at the best location, together with our airline partners, for where that new terminal will go,” Brisbane Airport Corporation chief executive Gert-Jan de Graaff said.
“We think it will be in between the two runaways because that’s the perfect location to minimise aircraft taxiing, and it is close to our current domestic terminal.
Brisbane currently services routes to 53 Australian destinations, more than any other airport and is a gateway for flights from North America and South-East Asia.
The airport currently employs 24,000 people—that will rise by 10,000 jobs in the coming decade.
“Terminal 3 will be … a terminal we’ve built for the 2030s. Sustainability will be front and centre, as will accessibility,” de Graaff said.
“We know that come 2032, Brisbane airport will provide the first and last impression for all Olympic and Paralympic visitors and we take that responsibility very seriously.”
Currently, Brisbane airport is planning to invest more than $5 billion in the next 10 years to upgrade both terminals, build extra carparking, develop a regional aeromedical hub, expand Skygate and DFO, and build more freight facilities.
“We need mass transit connections not just to the CBD and Brisbane suburbs, but also the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.”
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has entered into an historic six-year agreement to secure power that is linked to renewable energy from Queensland’s Clarke Creek Wind Farm and Blue Grass Solar projects as part of its commitment to be net zero for scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025.
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