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The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded more than 621,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of November.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded more than 655,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of October – a new all time monthly record for the QAL Group. Passenger movements increased by more than 7% compared to October 2009.

Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) is proud to again support the state’s tourism industry as the official presenting partner for the 2010 Queensland Tourism Awards.

Gold Coast Airport has been named the 2010 Major Airport of the Year by the Australian Airports Association (AAA). Gold Coast Airport Chief Operating Officer Paul Donovan last night accepted the coveted award at the AAA Awards for Aviation Excellence at the Adelaide Convention Centre and said receipt of the award signifies the ongoing growth of Gold Coast Airport in recent years.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded more than 640,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of September. This represented an increase of more than 10% compared to September 2009 and an increase of more than 20,000 passengers from August 2010.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded more than 620,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of August, an increase of almost 10 % compared to August 2009. Gold Coast Airport continues to record strong growth in both domestic and international travel, up 9% and 15% respectively on the same time last year. More than 453,000 passengers travelled through Gold Coast Airport last month representing a total increase of 10%.

All three airports operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa, achieved all time monthly passenger throughput records in July. “All three airports service very different markets and it is encouraging to see them all achieve such record results simultaneously,” said Dennis Chant, Managing Director of QAL.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa had almost 7 million passenger movements for the 2009/10 financial year. This is an increase of 9.7% over the previous year. In a difficult period, all three airports experienced year on year growth. Mount Isa and Townsville recorded growth of 1.2% and 3.8% respectively whilst Gold Coast experienced a strong 12% increase. With an international throughput for the year in excess of 755,000 Gold Coast cemented its position as the fifth busiest international airport in Australia. With a total of 5,170,019 domestic and international passengers it is the country’s sixth busiest airport overall. Growth in international passenger movements was 47.8%.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded almost 600,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of April, an increase of 10% compared to April 2009. Gold Coast Airport continues to record strong growth in both domestic and international travel, up 10% and 27% respectively on the same time last year. More than 448,000 passengers travelled through Gold Coast Airport last month.

The three airports owned and operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) at Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa recorded more than 550,000 passenger movements collectively for the month of February, an increase of 18% compared to February 2009. The results for entire QAL Group were very positive. Mount Isa Airport delivered its most significant increase in twelve months – almost 30% growth on this time last year.