A significant uptick in passenger numbers and further increases to the value of a billion-dollar property portfolio have led Perth Airport to a second consecutive financial year profit.
Qantas has quietly grounded bi-weekly flights between Melbourne and Exmouth on the same day it launched another direct interstate flight between northern WA and the east coast.
Technology and innovation festival West Tech Fest has revealed its headline acts for the week-long program in early December, including Aaron Gershenberg who founded one of Silicon Valley’s early venture capital funds.
As first flagged by Business News in February, Qantas has finally announced its nonstop Perth to Paris flights in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer.
Airbnbs are pumping more than $1.1 billion into Western Australia’s economy and creating 7,200 jobs, according to a fresh report dropped as government intervention hangs over the sector’s head.
Karijini National Park’s $16 million worth of upgrades will commence next month with contractor Raubex Construction to break ground on major road upgrades.
Perth Airport and Qantas have denied that a deal has been done in their long-running and complex dispute surrounding the airline’s move to the eastern side of the airport.
The two airlines, among Western Australians’ favourites, are almost back to full strength. Business News spoke to the chief executives about their growth plans.
WA insurer RAC has unveiled its $70 million plan to transform Coral Bay’s Ningaloo Reef Resort in what it describes as one of the most significant tourism projects in the state’s history.
Coral Bay’s beachfront hotel has closed as its owners embark on a $55 million resort redevelopment due to open just in time for the April 2025 school holidays.
The state government is calling for tenders to upgrade visitor amenities at Penguin Island ahead of the run-down discovery centre’s looming demolition.
The developer of a proposed luxury country club in Bindoon has successfully had a statutory demand for payment in the order of $1.3 million set aside in Western Australia’s Supreme Court.
During WA’s resources boom the Pilbara was known for three things – mining, Red Dog and the beating sun. The remarkable landscape barely rated a mention.
China has announced Australia would be re-added to the nation’s approved list of outgoing group travel destinations, just five days after barley tariffs were lifted.
An increase in aviation capacity, better communication and strategic initiatives are part of the overall strategy to boost and maintain the WA tourism sector.
Perth Airport’s passenger traffic has almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels with 14.17 million using the airport in FY23, just 2 per cent less than in FY19.
