Melbourne Airport , also known as
Tullamarine Airport or the local colloquialism
Tulla, is the primary
airport serving the city of
Melbourne and the
second busiest in
Australia.
Located from the city
centre
, adjacent to the suburb of Tullamarine
, it was opened in 1970 to replace the nearby
Essendon
Airport
. Melbourne Airport is the sole international
airport of the
four airports serving
the Melbourne
metropolitan
area.
The
Melbourne—Sydney
air route is
the third
most-travelled passenger air route in the world and the second
busiest in the Asia Pacific
region. The airport features
direct
flights to destinations in all states and territories of
Australia in addition to numerous destinations in
Oceania,
Asia,
Africa,
Europe and
North America. Melbourne is the most common
destination for the airports of five of Australia's
seven capital cities.
Melbourne serves as a hub for
Qantas and
Virgin Blue, while
Jetstar Airways and
Tiger Airways Australia utilise the
airport as home base. Melbourne is the busiest airport for
international export freight as of December 2008, while second
busiest for import freight. Domestically, Melbourne serves as
headquarters for
Australian air
Express and
Toll Priority and
handles more domestic freight than any other airport in the
nation.
In 2003, Melbourne received the
International Air
Transport Association Eagle Award
for service and two National Tourism Awards for tourism services.
Skytrax, an airline consultancy company,
classifies Melbourne as a four-star airport. The airport comprises
four terminals: one international terminal, two domestic terminals
and one budget domestic terminal.
History
The main terminal building
By the
early 1960s, Melbourne's Essendon Airport facilities were insufficient to meet the increasing
demand for air travel. Essendon's runways were too short to
handle the newer jet airliners intended for international travel,
and the terminals could not handle the increased passenger traffic.
Expansion of Essendon was not possible because the airport had
become surrounded by residential housing.
On 27 November 1962,
Prime
Minister Robert Menzies announced
a five-year plan to provide Melbourne with a AU$45 million
"jetport" by 1967. A site in Tullamarine was chosen, maintaining
proximity to Essendon. In October 1964, Ansett Australia launched
the
Boeing 727, the first jet aircraft
used for domestic air travel in Australia, placing further strain
on Essendon and increasing the need for a new airport.
In line with the five-year plan, the airport was ready to handle
aircraft by 1967, but not passenger flights.
Air Force One landed at the airport on 22
December 1967, carrying
United
States President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Prime Minister John Gorton officially opened the airport to
international operations on 1 July 1970 to much fanfare. Domestic
flights were transferred from Essendon on 26 June 1971, and the
first arrival of a
Boeing 747 occurred
later that year. In the first year of operations, Melbourne handled
six international airlines and 155,275 international
passengers.
In 1988, the
Australian
Government formed the
Federal Airports Corporation
(FAC) and placed Melbourne Airport under operational control of the
FAC along with 21 other airports around the nation. The domestic
terminals were significantly upgraded in 1990, and an upgrade of
the international terminals began in 1991. In April 1994, the
Australian Government announced that all airports operated by
Federal Airports Corporation would be privatised in several phases.
The carparks were upgraded between 1995 and August 1997.
Melbourne Airport was privatised on 2 July 1997 when it was leased
to the newly formed
Australia Pacific
Airports Corporation Limited. In July 1997, the Melbourne
Airport website was launched, providing Australia's first real-time
flight operations data over the internet. Since privatisation,
further improvements to infrastructure have begun at the airport,
including expansion of runways, car parks and terminals.
Melbourne Airport was originally called
Tullamarine
Airport, after the adjacent suburb of the same name.
Tullamarine derives from the
indigenous name
Tullamareena.
International has
sporadically been used in the name of the airport. After
privatisation, the name changed to
Melbourne Airport,
following the lead of most other major Australian airports.
Locally,
the airport is commonly referred to as Tullamarine or
simply as Tulla to distinguish the airport from the other
Melbourne airports: Avalon, Essendon and Moorabbin
.
Awards and accolades
Melbourne Airport has received numerous awards. The
International Air
Transport Association ranked Melbourne among the top five
airports in the world in 1997 and 1998 and, in 2003, presented it
with the
Eagle Award. The Australian
Airport Association named it the Airport of the Year in 1999, while
Business Traveller Magazine and
Airports Council
International have ranked Melbourne in the top ten every year
from 1996 to 2000 and in the top five for airports that handle
between 15 and 25 million passengers. Melbourne is classified as a
four-star airport by
Skytrax.
The airport has received recognition in other areas. It has won
national and state tourism awards, and
Singapore Airlines presented the airport
with the Service Partner Award and Premier Business Partner Award
in 2002 and 2004, respectively. In 2006, the airport won the
Australian Construction Achievement Award for the runway widening
project, dubbed "the most outstanding example of construction
excellence for 2006".
Operations
The T2 sign
Melbourne is the second busiest airport in Australia after Sydney.
The airport is
curfew-free and operates 24
hours a day, although between 2 am and 4 am, freight aircraft are
more prevalent than passenger flights. In 2004, the environmental
management systems were accredited
ISO
14001, the world's best practice standard, making it the first
airport in Australia to receive such accreditation.
Melbourne Airport terminal
precinct
Route developments
Between 2005 and 2007 Melbourne Airport faced capacity strains with
a shortfall of 500,000 international seats.
British Airways pulled out of Melbourne, but
Qantas replaced the lost flights in March
2006. This was compounded by the loss of the last European carrier,
Austrian Airlines, in March
2007.
Over the 2008–09 fiscal year there has been a series of capacity
increases at the airport, resulting in 725,000 new international
seats.
Korean Air began
flying to Seoul on 22 September 2007, providing the first direct
link to South
Korea
. Norfolk Air
began operations with a weekly flight to Norfolk Island.
Cathay Pacific increased its services to
Hong
Kong
to thrice daily in October 2007, and Thai increased their flights to
twice daily on 30 March 2008. Qantas began flights to
Shanghai in 2008, but later ended in March
2009.
Air China made its
Shanghai–Beijing flights nonstop, avoiding Sydney, and China Southern Airlines added
capacity to Guangzhou
. Domestically,
Skywest introduced a thrice-weekly
Perth—Kalgoorlie—Melbourne service in November 2007 to cater for
the mining industry, but this ended in November 2008.
Tiger Airways Australia began
operations in November 2007 with Melbourne Airport as its first
hub, serving destinations throughout Australia from Terminal
4.
Jetstar began flights to Singapore via
Darwin on 17 April 2008, competing on price compared to the
traditional nonstop flight.
Air Vanuatu
began a weekly service to Port Vila on 5 June 2007, and
Norfolk Air added a second weekly flight to
Norfolk Island on 1 September 2008. Both
Malaysia Airlines and
Garuda Indonesia increased their services
in July 2008.
Pacific Blue entered the
underserved Auckland market with daily flights from 22 September
2008 using the
737-800, while
Air New Zealand also increased capacity.
Qantas
will significantly increase capacity to Los
Angeles
by progressively replacing the nonstop 747-400ER with the A380-800
from 20 October 2008 and replacing the last A330-200 via Auckland services with the
747-400. Low-cost
carrier AirAsia X began flying nonstop
to Kuala Lumpur
from 12 November 2008, competing with Malaysia Airlines on price. It
initially operated four times a week before eventually increasing
to twice daily.
Emirates Airline
went thrice daily on 3 February 2009 using the
Airbus A340-500.
Etihad Airways launched daily flights to
Abu
Dhabi
from 29 March 2009 using the A340-600, providing further competition in the
Middle East market. V Australia will
launch flights to Los Angeles from 1 December 2009 providing year-round nonstop
competition to Qantas. Qatar Airways
will commence services to Doha
, Qatar
from
December 2009 becoming the third carrier to serve the Middle
East. Viva Macau will
commence a twice weekly Boeing 767 service to Macau
from 9th
December 2009
Prospective users and routes
Airbus A380
Construction works have been undertaken to prepare the airport for
the arrival of the double-decker
Airbus
A380. The A380 has been purchased by several airlines using the
airport, namely
Malaysia Airlines,
Qantas,
Qatar
Airways,
Thai
Airways,
China Southern
Airlines,
Singapore Airlines,
Etihad Airways and
Emirates. The improvements included the
construction of dual airbridges (Gates 9 and 11) with the ability
to board both decks simultaneously to reduce turnaround times, the
widening of the North-South runway and remote stands and taxiways
by , the extension of the international terminal building by to
include new penthouse airline lounges, and the construction of an
additional baggage carousel in the arrivals hall. As a result the
airport was the first in Australia to be capable of handling the
A380. The A380 made its first test flight into the airport on 14
November 2005. On 15 May 2008 the A380 made its first passenger
flight into the airport when a
Singapore Airlines Sydney-bound flight
was diverted from Sydney Airport because of fog.
Beginning
20 October 2008, Qantas was the first airline to operate the A380
from the airport, flying nonstop to Los Angeles
International Airport twice a week. This was the inaugural route
for the Qantas A380.
Qantas was followed by Singapore Airlines, who operates now the
A380 daily to Singapore Changi Airport
from 29 September 2009. Emirates intend to
fly the A380 to Dubai International Airport
later in 2010.
Avalon Airport
When Jetstar was established in 2004, it decided to operate flights
to Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney from Avalon rather than
Melbourne Airport. This made Melbourne the only city in Australia
with two commercially served airports and generated airport
competition for the first time in an Australian city. To compete
with Avalon, Melbourne established the
Budget Terminal and lowered landing fees, which
made it the cheapest arrival point in Australia and one of the
cheapest international airports in the world. Since then, Jetstar
has moved its Perth and Adelaide flights to Melbourne
Airport.
AirAsia X was widely expected to launch
international flights to Kuala
Lumpur from Avalon in October 2008. However,
Linfox's proposal to upgrade Avalon's
international facilities was rejected on 5 June 2008, which
prompted AirAsia X to announce flights from Melbourne Airport on 20
August 2008. Linfox vowed to resolve the Government's concerns and
build the terminal, but on 14 November 2008, announced that
upgrading Avalon to handle international flights would no longer be
viable due to the government's resistance. Then on 10 March 2009,
Linfox announced that Avalon would indeed handle international
flights within two years and the Government would approve of a $50
million terminal by the end of 2009.
Runways
Aerial shot of the airport showing
runway, taxiway and terminal layout
Melbourne Airport has two intersecting runways: a North-South
runway and a East-West runway. Due to increasing traffic, several
runway expansions are planned, including an extension of the
North-South runway to lengthen it to , and a extension of the
East-West runway to a total of . Two new runways are also planned:
a runway parallel to the current North-South runway and a runway
south of the current East-West runway. Traffic movement is expected
to reach 248,000 per annum by 2017, necessitating a third
runway.
On 5 June 2008, it was announced that the airport intends to
install a
Category III landing
system, allowing planes to land in low visibility conditions,
such as
fog, by the end of 2008. This system
will be the first of its kind in Australia.
Melbourne Centre
In addition to the onsite
control
tower, the airport is home to
Melbourne
Centre, an
air traffic
control facility that is responsible for the separation of
aircraft in Australia's busiest
Flight Information Region,
Melbourne FIR.
Melbourne FIR monitors airspace over
Victoria
, Tasmania
, southern New South Wales
, most of South Australia
, the southern half of Western Australia
and airspace over the Indian
and Southern
Ocean
. In total, the centre controls 6% of the
world's airspace.
The airport is also the home of the Canberra
Approach and Melbourne Approach facilities, which
provide control services to aircraft arriving and departing at
those airports.
Traffic and statistics
Melbourne Airport recorded more than 24.7 million passengers in
2008-09. 4.91 million of those were
international, with the remaining 19.74
million being
domestic. There were
193,826 aircraft movements, the vast majority being domestic
passenger services. In the long term, the compounded average annual
growth rate (CAAGR) for passenger movements is between 3.3% and
4.3%. For aircraft movements, the CAAGR is between 1.8% and 2.6%.
This
firmly entrenches Melbourne as Australia's second busiest airport,
ahead of Brisbane
and behind Sydney.
The following table lists passenger statistics for Melbourne
Airport. Forecast statistics are in dark grey.
Annual passenger statistics for Melbourne
Airport
| Year |
Passenger movements (millions) |
Aircraft movements (thousands) |
| 1997–98 |
14.20 |
154.13 |
| 1998–99 |
14.58 |
156.80 |
| 1999–00 |
15.57 |
164.67 |
| 2000–01 |
17.24 |
187.36 |
| 2001–02 |
16.48 |
157.60 |
| 2002–03 |
16.92 |
157.92 |
| 2003–04 |
19.16 |
165.26 |
| 2004–05 |
20.78 |
180.51 |
| 2005–06 |
21.43 |
179.51 |
| 2006–07 |
22.50 |
180.16 |
| 2007–08 |
24.26 |
193.826 |
| 2008–09 |
24.77 |
195.018 |
| 2012–13 |
27.4–29.8 |
203.0–217.0 |
| 2017–18 |
32.5–37.1 |
223.9–247.4 |
| 2022–23 |
38.5–45.8 |
243.9–281.7 |
| 2027–28 |
43.9–54.9 |
263.2–316.5 |
Busiest international freight routes out of
Melbourne Airport (FY 2008)
| Rank |
Airport |
Freight tonnes handled |
% Change |
| 1 |
Singapore Changi Airport |
52,459.2 |
4.8 |
| 2 |
Hong Kong International
Airport |
34,823.5 |
1.6 |
| 3 |
Auckland Airport |
31,239.9 |
4.3 |
| 4 |
Kuala Lumpur
International Airport |
21,068.6 |
0.1 |
| 5 |
Suvarnabhumi Airport |
16,513.1 |
22.5 |
| 6 |
Dubai International Airport |
13,155.2 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
O'Hare International Airport |
6,709.0 |
13.2 |
| 8 |
Los Angeles International
Airport |
6,558.3 |
25.6 |
| 9 |
Luxembourg - Findel Airport |
3,904.8 |
14.6 |
| 10 |
Ngurah Rai International
Airport |
3,029.0 |
32.0 |
Busiest international passenger routes out of
Melbourne Airport (FY 2008)
| Rank |
Airport |
Passengers handled |
% Change |
| 1 |
Singapore Changi Airport |
840,180 |
0.5 |
| 2 |
Auckland Airport |
705,889 |
4.8 |
| 3 |
Hong Kong International
Airport |
459,169 |
22.1 |
| 4 |
Suvarnabhumi Airport |
401,354 |
31.4 |
| 5 |
Kuala Lumpur
International Airport |
331,986 |
6.5 |
| 6 |
Los Angeles International
Airport |
306,235 |
6.6 |
| 7 |
Dubai International Airport |
299,098 |
4.2 |
| 8 |
Christchurch
International Airport |
281,676 |
6.1 |
| 9 |
London Heathrow Airport |
225,991 |
1.7 |
| 10 |
Wellington International
Airport |
142,580 |
6.2 |
Busiest domestic passenger routes out of Melbourne
Airport (YE December 2008)
| Rank |
Airport |
Passengers handled |
% Change |
| 1 |
Sydney Airport |
7,008,000 |
3.1 |
| 2 |
Brisbane Airport |
2,688,500 |
0.4 |
| 3 |
Adelaide Airport |
2,122,700 |
13.1 |
| 4 |
Perth Airport |
1,772,200 |
10.3 |
| 5 |
Gold Coast Airport |
1,673,500 |
26.3 |
| 6 |
Hobart International Airport |
1,157,800 |
15.0 |
| 7 |
Canberra International
Airport |
1,068,500 |
11.1 |
| 8 |
Launceston Airport |
842,900 |
11.1 |
| 9 |
Cairns Airport |
482,200 |
7.8 |
| 10 |
Sunshine Coast Airport |
452,100 |
12.9 |
Access
Car
Melbourne
Airport is from the city centre and is accessible via CityLink and the Tullamarine Freeway
. One freeway offramp runs directly into the
airport grounds, and a second to the south serves freight
transport, taxis, buses and airport staff. Melbourne Airport has
five car parks, all of which operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The short-term, multi-level long-term, business and express
carparks are covered, while the long-term parking is not. The main
multi-level carpark in front of the terminal was built in the late
1990s, replacing the pre-existing ground-level car parking. It has
been progressively expanded ever since.
Public transport
The
Skybus Super Shuttle service is
the main public transport link to the airport, taking approximately
20 minutes to reach Southern Cross Station
in the Melbourne
central business district
. From Southern Cross, travellers can access
V/Line regional and
Connex Melbourne suburban trains,
Yarra Trams and interstate train and bus
services.
Three local bus services under the Metcard fare system service the airport: Route
between Moonee Ponds Junction and Melbourne Airport, Route from
Moonee Ponds to Sunbury
via the airport, and Route between Broadmeadows railway station
and Victoria University in
Sunbury.Also, the Yellow Orbital SmartBus is set to start
operating in late 2010, from Melbourne Airport to Frankston via
Gladstone Park, Roxburgh Park, Epping, Greensborough, Doncaster,
Blackburn, Ringwood, and Dandenong. It will offer 15-minutely
frequencies and bus priority work to make it highly used.
There are
nine other bus companies serving the airport, with services to
Ballarat
, Bendigo
, Dandenong
, Frankston
, Mornington
Peninsula, Geelong
, Melbourne
suburbs, Shepparton
and the Riverina
. These negate the need to transfer onto
V/Line services.
A daily return service from the states
north—starting in Shepparton, passing through Nagambie
, Seymour
and Broadford
—is operated by Airport Direct. Bendigo
Airport Service offers return buses between Bendigo and the airport
four times a day.
From Geelong
, Gull Bus operates approximately every one to two
hours.
Rail link
The possibility of installing a
rail
link from what was known as the Broadmeadows (now the
Craigieburn Suburban
Line) to the airport was debated in the 1960s, but little
progress was made.
In 2001, the
state government
investigated the construction of a heavy rail link to the airport
under the
Linking Victoria program.
Two options were considered; the first branched off the Craigieburn
Suburban Line to the east, and the second branched off the
Albion Goods Line,
which passes close to the airport's boundary to the south. The
second option was preferred. Market research concluded most
passengers preferred traveling to the airport by taxi or car, and
poor patronage of similar links in
Sydney and
Brisbane cast doubt on the
viability of the project. This led to the project being deferred
until at least 2012. On 21 July 2008, the
Premier of Victoria reaffirmed the
government's commitment to a rail link and said that it would be
considered within three to five years. To maximise future
development options, the airport is lobbying for the on-grounds
section of the railway to be underground.
Terminals
Melbourne Airport's terminals have 56 gates: 40 domestic and 16
international. There are six dedicated freighter parking positions
on the Southern Freighter Apron. The current terminal numbering
system was introduced in July 2005; they were previously known as
Qantas Domestic, International, and South (formerly Ansett
Domestic).
Terminal 1
Qantas Logo at the front of T1
Terminal 1 hosts domestic services for Qantas Group airlines,
Qantas, Jetstar and
QantasLink and is
located to the northern end of the building. Departures are located
on the first floor, while arrivals are located on the ground floor.
The terminal has 15 parking bays served by aerobridges; 11 are
served by single aerobridges whilst 4 are served by double
aerobridges.
In late 1999, an expanded Qantas terminal was opened, featuring a
second pier, a new access roadway and the expansion of the
terminal. The works cost $50 million and took two years to
complete. Today, a wide range of shops and food outlets are
situated at the end of the terminal near the entrance into Terminal
2. Qantas has a
Qantas Club,
Business Class and a
Chairmans lounge in the terminal.
Terminal 2
T2 International arrivals
Terminal
2 handles all international flights out of Melbourne Airport with
the exception of Jetstar's flight to Singapore, which operates via Darwin
. The terminal has 16 gates, although gates
12–16 are "standoff" (or non-
airbridge
gates). There are 11 parking bays supported by aerobridges. Of
these, 3 are served by double aerobridges whilst 8 are single.
Cathay Pacific,
Malaysia Airlines,
Qantas (which includes two lounges in Terminal 2, a
First lounge and a Business lounge/Qantas Club),
Singapore Airlines,
Air New Zealand/
United Airlines and
Emirates Airline all operate airline
lounges in the terminal.
A $330 million expansion program for Terminal 2 was announced in
2007. The objectives of this project include new lounges and retail
facilities, a new satellite terminal, increased luggage capacity
and a redesign of customs and security areas. A new satellite
terminal will feature floor-to-ceiling windows that will offer
views of the North-South runway. The new concourse will include
three double-decker aerobridges, each accommodating an A380
aircraft or two smaller aircraft. The baggage handling capacity
will be increased, and two new baggage carousels will cater to
increased A380 traffic. Work commenced in November 2007 and will be
completed in 2012.
Although described as a satellite terminal, the terminal building
will be connected by an above-ground corridor to Terminal 2.
Diagrams of the proposed extension indicate that departures will
take place on the lower deck (similar to the A380 boarding lounges
currently in use at Gates 9 and 11), with arrivals streamed on to
the first floor to connect with the current first floor arrivals
deck.
Terminal 3
Gate 13 used by Virgin Blue at
T3
Terminal 3 - Originally the
Ansett
Australia terminal is now owned by Melbourne Airport. Terminal
3 is home to
Virgin Blue and
Regional Express. It currently has
eleven parking bays served by single aerobridges and eight parking
bays not equipped with aerobridges.
An expansion of the terminal was approved in 1989 and completed in
1991 when a second pier was added by Ansett to the south for use by
smaller regional airline
Kendell. The
terminal was used exclusively by the
Ansett
Group for all its domestic activities until its collapse in 2001.
It was intended to be used by the "New" Ansett, under ownership of
Tesna — however, following the Tesna group's widthdrawl of the
purchase of Ansett in 2002, the terminal was sold back to Melbourne
Airport by Ansett's administrators. as a result, Melbourne Airport
undertook a major renovation and facelift of the terminal,
following which Virgin Blue moved in from what was then called
Domestic Express (now Terminal 4), and has since began operating
The Lounge in the terminal, using the
former
Ansett Australia Golden Wing
Lounge area.
Regional Express also
operate an airline lounge in the terminal.
Terminal 4
Terminal 4—originally called the Domestic Express or South
Terminal—is dedicated to budget airlines and is the first facility
of its kind at a conventional airport in Australia. Originally
constructed for Virgin Blue and
Impulse
Airlines. Virgin Blue eventually moved into Terminal 3
following the demise of Ansett.
A $5 million refit began in June 2007 along
the lines of the budget terminal model at Singapore
Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur International
Airport. Lower
landing
and airport handling fees are charged to airlines due to the basic
facilities, lack of
aerobridges, and
fewer amenities and retail outlets compared to a conventional
terminal. However, the terminal is located next to the main
terminal building, unlike in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The
terminal was rebuilt by Tiger Airways Australia, who have used it
as their main hub since they operated their first domestic flight
on 23 November 2007.
Jetstar Airways confirmed its involvement in discussions with
Melbourne Airport regarding the expansion of terminal facilities to
accommodate for the growth of domestic low-cost services. The
proposed expansion of Terminal 4 includes infrastructure to
accommodate Tiger Airways Australia and Jetstar Airways flights.
These plans are currently in development, and the expansion of
Terminal 4 would include the relocation of the current freight
centre. If approved, the development is expected to cost hundreds
of millions of dollars and take five years to complete.
Southern Freighter Apron
The Southern Freighter Apron has five dedicated freighter parking
positions which host 21 dedicated freighter operations a week. In
August 1997, the fifth freighter parking position and the apron was
extended.
Other facilities
Melbourne Airport is served by four hotels. A
Hilton is located from Terminal 2 atop the
multi-level carpark. Work commenced on the six-story 280 room hotel
in January 1999, which was completed in mid-2000.
Holiday Inn has an outlet located from the
terminal precinct.
Motel Formule 1
offers lodgings located from the terminals. Mantra Tullamarine
opened in 2009, from the terminal precinct. A
BP
petrol station,
Mercedes-Benz
dealership and a
McDonald's are located
on the main entrance road. Melbourne Airport Golf Club is located
adjacent to the North-South runway.
Airlines and destinations
Overview of Terminal 1 with Qantas and
Jetstar aircraft
Atlas Air Boeing 747 on the Southern
Freighter Apron
Tiger Airways Australia A320
taxiing
The following airlines operate scheduled flights to Melbourne
Airport:
- Notes:
Accidents and incidents
- On 29 May 2003, Qantas Flight 1737—en route to Launceston
Airport—was hijacked shortly after takeoff.
The
hijacker, a passenger named David Robinson, intended to fly the
plane into the Walls of Jerusalem National
Park
located in central Tasmania. The flight attendants and passengers
successfully subdued and restrained the hijacker, and the plane
turned around and landed safely at Melbourne.
- On 21 February 2005, a mystery illness caused the
evacuation and closure of what was then the South Terminal. The
incident began at 7:10 am when a female collapsed in the terminal
building. The terminal was closed at 10:10 am because several
individuals exhibited symptoms and were hospitalised. In all, 57
individuals were treated by ambulance officers, 47 of whom were
hospitalised. All flights landing at the affected terminal were
bused to the Patrick Freight
facility and unloaded. The South Terminal reopened at 6 pm. The
mystery illness was never determined.
- On 20 March 2009, Emirates Airline Flight 407—en
route to Dubai International Airport, an Airbus A340-500
was taking off from Melbourne Airport on Runway 16 and failed to
become airborne. When the plane was nearing the end of the
runway, the crew pulled up sharply causing the tail of the plane to
scrape along the runway during which smoke was observed in the
cabin. The crew dumped fuel and returned to the airport. The damage
caused to the plane was considered substantial. The ATSB is continuing its investigation into the accident.
It is believed the plane damaged a strobe light at the end of the
runway as well as a antennae on a small building.
See also
Notes
References
- Ballaret Airport Shuttle website
- Bendigo Airport Service website
- Airport Bus Dandenong website
- Frankston & Penninsula Bus Service
website
-
http://www.melbourneairport.com.au/fids/scheduled/pdf/Web_Weekly_Schedule.pdf
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