Perth Airport

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.

Vietjet Air, Vietnam’s low-fare airline, is set to announce flights to Perth from Ho Chi Minh city.

An increase in aviation capacity, better communication and strategic initiatives are part of the overall strategy to boost and maintain the WA tourism sector.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, planning backflip, airlines, road project delays, LNG industrial action, Hancock and more

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will offer non-stop flights between Perth and Ho Chi Minh by the end of the year.

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.

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.

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.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss cutting-edge vet school technology in use in Western Australia.

The final part of a series detailing the 60-year history of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Flights operated under a direct service between Perth and Ho Chi Minh City will have an economic benefit to the WA economy of as much as $70 million each year, according to Perth Airport.

Agricultural exports to the Middle East are being thwarted by a lack of space on planes leaving Western Australia and remain well below pre-COVID levels.

China Eastern Airlines will trial direct flights between Perth and Shanghai over a four-week block early in 2024, reviving an offering suspended in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic.

Kate Holsgrove’s year as acting chief executive of Perth Airport came at a critical juncture for the institution, as it sought to bounce back from the pandemic’s effects.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss a year of change and transition at Perth Airport.

Perth brewer Otherside Brewing Co has opened the doors of its new Perth Airport location in Terminal 2, building on the company's expansion efforts.

Perth Airport has set an all-time record for January with 1.39 million passengers travelling through the facility.

The new SilverKris Lounge and additional daily flights add to Singapore Airline’s relationship with WA.

Perenti chief financial officer Peter Bryant has announced his resignation to take the CFO role at Perth Airport.

China Southern Airlines will reconnect Western Australia with mainland China with the return of its service to Guangzhou on November 28.

Perth Airport has settled a long-running tiff with Qantas over the relocation of its airport terminal, striking a mammoth 12-year agreement worth around $3 billion – the largest in the airline’s history.

Cathay Pacific Airways is adding five more flights to its Perth service to Hong Kong from October 28, bringing the total to 11 a week.

ANALYSIS: Qantas and Perth Airport have finally cleared the runway for the long-awaited $5 billion infrastructure development.

More than $1 million has been donated to Western Australia's major political parties since new disclosure laws were introduced on July 1, ahead of the state election in March 2025.

Improved technology and accessibility were highlighted as key tourism trends at the first session of the world’s biggest tourism summit, which kicked off in Perth today.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sean Marriott, Melissa Lithgow, Jemma Hutchinson, Kate Holsgrove and Laura Tyler.

Perth Airport has begun chipping away at the $5 billion worth of planned infrastructure upgrades, as international passenger numbers continue to rebound from border closures.

International group Accor has been chosen to operate Perth Airport’s first hotel on its estate, estimated to open in 2027.

The airport has unveiled its plan to accelerate development on more than 2,000 hectares of non-aviation land.

ANALYSIS: After years of planning, Perth Airport is moving forward with plans to open a new gateway to the world.

The WA Liberal Party has made more from donations this financial year than WA Labor, but levies and union fees have the latter’s coffers well ahead in the lead up to the state election.

Perth Airport has announced a record 16.9 million passengers passed through its terminals in 2024, an increase of 10.5 per cent from 2023.

US engineering giant Bechtel, best known in WA for its work on big resource projects, has been appointed to lead the $5 billion redevelopment of Perth Airport.

Perth Airport is smashing records with more than 1.56 million passengers travelling through its terminals in January, delivering the airport’s busiest month ever in terms of passenger numbers.

Perth has bucked the trend among several major airports across the country, being the only one to recover its passenger numbers to pre-pandemic levels.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes new ministerial appointments, Dan Sweet, Priya Brown, Kellie Benda, Jen Leys, and additions to the management team for New World Resources.

ANALYSIS: New services, new product and revamped aircraft are all on the radar for Perth travellers in the next eight months.

QantasLink has announced the launch of two new domestic routes from Perth, introducing direct services to Newcastle and reinstating flights to Hobart.