Why Perth Airport Is Important Perth Airport Supports Job Growth, Tourism and Leisure, and Provides Economic, Social, Cultural and Lifestyle Benefits
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MASTER PLAN 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? Perth Airport estimates that In 1997, the operation and management of Perth Airport approximately 80 per cent of its was transferred from the Commonwealth of Australia to shares are held for the benefit of Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC) under a 50 year Australian superannuants and lease, with a 49 year option for extension. In 2011, WAC Australian citizens. changed its trading name to Perth Airport Pty Ltd. As a private company, Perth Airport receives no State or Commonwealth government funding. Why Perth Airport operates 24/7 International services $ Dubai 2.27 Hong Kong billion tourism dollars 10.00PM – 2.00AM 768,500 AIRLINE SCHEDULES international Singapore LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL visitors to WA choice more destinations opportunity more options for cheaper all travellers airfares due to more competition access PERTH more airlines more seats available Intrastate services Interstate services wa resource domestic 24/7 ‘red-eye sector passengers special’ due to demand ‘red-eye special’ 4.30AM – 7.30AM 10.00PM – 1.00AM airlines need provides a 40.7% 30% fifo to use larger cheaper DEMAND LINKED TO of australia’s INTERSTATE RESOURCE SECTOR SHIFTS export income related NIGHTLY SERVICES aircraft & oer alternative services 24/7 Perth Airport plays a vital role in We are Australia’s fourth largest airport in terms of the economic development of our passenger numbers and the principal international, State by providing transport interstate and intrastate airport in Western Australia. services for companies, and Perth Airport is located 12 kilometres east of the Perth supporting them to undertake Central Business District (CBD) and is integrated with other transport infrastructure, including the Kewdale rail their operations, service their freight facility, major highway networks and via these customers and grow their roads, to Fremantle Port. businesses. Airline services Perth Airport operates 24/7 and provides Western Australian communities and companies have an essential link for business and leisure benefited from the significant growth of commercial air travel and, importantly, meets the needs of: services operating at Perth Airport. • regional communities and the resource sector, • interstate travel, and Interesting facts: • international access to multiple global • In the past five years, the number of new hub airports. international destinations serviced directly from Perth has increased. With the Maintaining operational flexibility is essential to commencement of Etihad in July 2014, Perth will be only the second city in Australia supporting Western Australia’s economy. Perth Airport to offer services from all three major Middle is part of a national and global aviation network and, as East airlines. such, flight times and schedules are not directly • Along with a seasonal service to Christchurch, controlled locally. the number of international destinations directly served from Perth has risen to 18. Any restrictions on the operations of Perth Airport • The introduction of three new international would result in significantly fewer air services being airlines, and an additional 790,000 inbound available to Western Australians and visitors to the international aircraft seats, has resulted in State, and services would become more costly. more competitive international airfares to and from Perth. • The number of international airlines has further 2034 increased with the commencement of Scoot Passenger growth in December 2013 and Etihad in July 2014. forecast • Aircraft seats connecting regional Western Australia to Perth, and through to the rest of 2013 Australia and overseas has increased by 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 13.7m 28.5m Airport, reaching around 50 intrastate, interstate and ACTUAL ACTUAL FORECAST international destinations. PASSENGERS PASSENGERS PASSENGERS 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 the world. EMPLOYEES 20,020 FULL-TIME NON-AVIATION As a key element of Western Australia’s EMPLOYEES FULL-TIME NON-AVIATION commercial aviation services, we: EMPLOYEES 7,860 • connect communities to critical services, 5,23O • facilitate cultural, family and social ties, and • support tourism and leisure. $69Om $1.10b $3.01b CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION TO GRP TO GRP 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 the region by air, visitors to WA 55% of the and employment resource sector within the workforce in tourism and WA are FIFO hospitality $ workers. 2.27 sectors. billion tourism dollars 55% home work Telephone (08) 9478 8888 | perthairport.com.au.