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Why Perth Airport
is important
‡
Perth Airport supports job growth, tourism and leisure, and
provides economic, social, cultural and lifestyle benefits.
Who is Perth Airport?
In 1997, the operation and management of Perth Airport
was transferred from the Commonwealth of Australia to
Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC) under a 50 year
lease, with a 49 year option for extension. In 2011, WAC
changed its trading name to Perth Airport Pty Ltd.
As a private company, Perth Airport receives no State or
Commonwealth government funding.
Perth Airport estimates that
approximately 80 per cent of its
shares are held for the benefit of
Australian superannuants and
Australian citizens.
‡ Why Perth Airport operates 24/7
International services
2.27
$
Dubai
billion
tourism
dollars
Hong Kong
768,500
10.00PM – 2.00AM
Singapore
international
visitors to WA
AIRLINE SCHEDULES
LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL
choice
more
destinations
opportunity
cheaper
airfares
more options for
all travellers
due to more
competition
access
PERTH
more
airlines
more seats
available
Intrastate services
4.30AM – 7.30AM
DEMAND LINKED TO
RESOURCE SECTOR SHIFTS
wa
resourc
e
sector
domestic
passengers
40.7%
30% fifo
related
of australia’s
export income
Perth Airport plays a vital role in
the economic development of our
State by providing transport
services for companies, and
supporting them to undertake
their operations, service their
customers and grow their
businesses.
Interstate services
10.00PM – 1.00AM
INTERSTATE
NIGHTLY SERVICES
24/7
‘red-eye
special’
due to demand
airlines need
to use larger
aircraft & offer
services 24/7
‘red-eye special’
provides a
cheaper
alternative
We are Australia’s fourth largest airport in terms of
passenger numbers and the principal international,
interstate and intrastate airport in Western Australia.
Perth Airport is located 12 kilometres east of the Perth
Central Business District (CBD) and is integrated with
other transport infrastructure, including the Kewdale rail
freight facility, major highway networks and via these
roads, to Fremantle Port.
Airline services
Perth Airport operates 24/7 and provides
an essential link for business and leisure
travel and, importantly, meets the needs of:
• regional communities and the resource sector,
• interstate travel, and
• international access to multiple global
hub airports.
Maintaining operational flexibility is essential to
supporting Western Australia’s economy. Perth Airport
is part of a national and global aviation network and, as
such, flight times and schedules are not directly
controlled locally.
Any restrictions on the operations of Perth Airport
would result in significantly fewer air services being
available to Western Australians and visitors to the
State, and services would become more costly.
2034
Passenger growth
forecast
Western Australian communities and companies have
benefited from the significant growth of commercial air
services operating at Perth Airport.
Interesting facts:
• In the past five years, the number of new
international destinations serviced directly
from Perth has increased. With the
commencement of Etihad in July 2014,
Perth will be only the second city in Australia
to offer services from all three major Middle
East airlines.
• Along with a seasonal service to Christchurch,
the number of international destinations
directly served from Perth has risen to 18.
• The introduction of three new international
airlines, and an additional 790,000 inbound
international aircraft seats, has resulted in
more competitive international airfares to
and from Perth.
• The number of international airlines has further
increased with the commencement of Scoot
in December 2013 and Etihad in July 2014.
• Aircraft seats connecting regional Western
Australia to Perth, and through to the rest of
Australia and overseas has increased by
2013
14.7 per cent annually since 2009.
2009
Increased service frequency between Perth and other
cities has added to the convenience of travel to these
destinations, and supported economic development in
Perth and the State.
More than 30 airlines operate services from Perth
9.8m
ACTUAL
PASSENGERS
13.7m
ACTUAL
PASSENGERS
28.5m
FORECAST
PASSENGERS
Airport, reaching around 50 intrastate, interstate and
international destinations.
2034
Connecting people
Supporting jobs
2019
Air travel through Perth Airport links communities in
2014
regional Western Australia to the rest of Australia and
FULL-TIME
NON-AVIATION
EMPLOYEES
the world.
As a key element of Western Australia’s
commercial aviation services, we:
• connect communities to critical services,
FULL-TIME
NON-AVIATION
EMPLOYEES
FULL-TIME
NON-AVIATION
EMPLOYEES
5,23O
20,020
7,860
• facilitate cultural, family and social ties, and
• support tourism and leisure.
69Om
$
CONTRIBUTION
TO GRP
1.10b
3.01b
$
$
CONTRIBUTION
TO GRP
CONTRIBUTION
TO GRP
Perth Airport is a major employment
centre within the Perth metropolitan area
‡
Supporting the resource sector that contributes
40.7 per cent to Australia’s annual income.
Fly-in, fly-out workforce
Tourism
A large number of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) services take
We are the entrance to Western Australia for both
resource sector workers from Perth and interstate,
domestic and international visitors. The aviation
where they live, to their place of work at times required
activities at Perth Airport generate
to meet the needs of resource sector companies.
significant economic benefits for
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia
Perth and Western Australia.
(CMEWA) estimates that the total number of direct
We facilitate tourism spending by
employees in the WA resource sector was approximately
domestic and international
143,000 at May 2013.
visitors who arrive in
768,500
international
visitors to WA
the region by air,
55% of the
resource sector
workforce in
WA are FIFO
workers.
home
55%
and employment
within the
tourism and
2.27
hospitality
$
sectors.
billion
tourism
dollars
work
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