"Melbourne to expand international terminal and runway"

Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Melbourne to expand international terminal and runway
The Australian Associated Press


MELBOURNE, AAP - Melbourne Airport plans to expand its international
terminal to cater for growing passenger numbers. It is the second major
project announced by the airport in the past month, after it unveiled plans
to widen its north-south runway for the new double-decker Airbus A380. The
terminal expansion project is part of a $220 million development program to
accommodate an increase in international passengers and the new Airbus. L U
Simon has won the contract for the work, which will add 5,000 square metres
of floor space to the terminal. Airport acting chief executive Kirby Clark
said Melbourne's international passenger traffic had grown 7.2 per cent,
twice the Australian average, over the past seven years. Construction is
expected to start at the end of February and completed within a year, in
time for the Commonwealth Games in March 2006.


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