From the local Community News, 19 Apri 2011:
Five tender for new air terminal
FIVE companies are in the running to build Perth Airport's first new terminal in more than two decades. Corporate affairs general manager Fiona Lander said the terminal would primarily service flights for the resource sector's fly-in fly-out market plus some interstate routes.
"It is expected that over a million passengers will travel through the terminal during its first year of operation in 2013," she said. She added there has been increasing demand on airport services, including a record 10.4 million passenger movements last year.
The single-story terminal will be adjacent to the International Terminal.
Perth Airport chief executive Brad Geatches said: "all airlines from the current domestic terminals, other than Virgin Blue, Qantas and Jetstar, will locate
to the new terminal.
"Not only will the airlines and their passengers benefit greatly from the new terminal, but the move will also substantially reduce activity in the current domestic precinct, thereby improving our customers' experiences in the existing terminals."
The terminal will have 16 check-in counters, a larger security screening zone, 14 aircraft gates and an aircraft parking area able to park 36 aircraft.
The tender closing day is May 20 and the contract is expected to be awarded by July 2011.
And here's me thinking those new A330 markings at Terminal 2 were for Qantaslink's upgrade!
