Perth Airport

Qantas | September 23, 2016

Two people have been taken to hospital by ambulance after a Qantas Link plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Perth Airport on Friday morning. Passengers and crew on board the Fokker 100 flight from Newman were evacuated by emergency slide, with four fire trucks and federal police surrounding the aircraft after it landed....

Airport Technology | December 13, 2018

Perth Airport has started testing sleeping pods at its T1 precinct for international passengers, becoming the first Australian airport to offer these services to travelers. In collaboration with Smarte Carte and Finnish company GoSleep, the airport has installed eight sleeping pods at its terminal. Perth Airport CEO Kevin Brown said the sleeping pods are intended for passengers who either arrive early or who have connecting flights with some time in-between. Brown said: “As Australia&rsquo...

Flightglobal | December 17, 2018

Perth airport has launched court action against the Qantas group over around A$11.3 million ($8.1 million) it owes in unpaid aeronautical charges. The airport says that despite 18 months of negotiations with Qantas, the two parties were unable to reach a new pricing agreement to replace the one that expired on 1 July this year. Since then, it has invoiced the carrier at the proposed reduced rate but says that Qantas “unilaterally decided to short pay these invoices by around 40%”, be...

Simple Flying | January 13, 2020

Gulf Air has partnered up with Etihad to share benefits across both loyalty programs. Members of Etihad Guest, the loyalty program of Etihad, can now use their membership to redeem benefits across Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain. Likewise, those frequent flyer members of Gulf Air’s Falconflyer program can now use their points across Etihad’s vast network....