A marquee was used as the international terminal and just 1.8 million passengers, or less than 30 per cent of today’s number, travelled through what is now called Gold Coast Airport 20 years ago. The transformation of the city’s airport has been dramatic since the...

More people are travelling between the Gold Coast and New Zealand than ever before, as the city firms up its position as a destination of choice for kiwis. More than 50,000 people travelled between the Gold Coast and New Zealand last month, an increase of 6.8 per cent...

A 100-strong community choir inspired by contemporary pop music will be formed on the Gold Coast under a new partnership between Home of the Arts (HOTA) and Gold Coast Airport. Focused on international and Australian pieces from pop artists including the Temper Trap,...

Gold Coast Airport is calling on local community groups to apply for funding under its third annual Community Benefit Fund. The initiative supports organisations in the areas of health and wellbeing, safety, education, environment and arts and culture. The Community...

Gold Coast Airport has delivered its busiest March ever, with passenger movements up 5.1 per cent on the year prior. The increase represents an additional 26,216 passengers on March 2017 and is the airport’s sixth consecutive month of growth. A summary of March...

A milestone in the Gold Coast Airport redevelopment has been met, with delivery of a $86 million upgrade involving construction of a new apron and taxiway – which will expand capacity and improve efficiency. The upgrade includes a 20,000sq m expansion of the apron...

Thousands of Commonwealth Games spectators, athletes and officials arriving at Gold Coast Airport across the Easter weekend will be welcomed with a personalised performance from Bleach* Festival. In an Australian airport first, lively, colourful performers...

Gold Coast Airport has unveiled its GC2018 Airport Lounge in the days before thousands of Commonwealth Games athletes and officials start converging on the city. The GC2018 Airport Lounge has been created to give athletes, officials, sponsors, dignitaries and...

Macadamia nuts, coffee, bottled water, hot chips and chewing gum were among the most popular items sold to travellers coming through Gold Coast Airport in 2017. Gold Coast Airport retailers sold 81,000 packets of chewing gum, 325,000 litres of bottled water and used...

The records keep coming at Gold Coast Airport, with the busiest day in history landing in January and toppling the previously highest day – just 15 days after it was set. On 7 January, 24,585 passengers arrived and departed the airport, which is a larger number than...