Brisbane Airport upgrade

[RooFlyer]

Brisbane Airport begins $5 billion makeover to improve usability, sustainability, capacity ahead of Olympic Games

The new security screening portion of the project is due to be completed by the end of 2025 — due to upgraded standards set by the Australian government — and will allow passengers to keep most of their items in their bags.

A new mezzanine level will connect to the skywalk and allow passengers, who have already checked in online and are travelling only with carry-on baggage, to walk straight from the carpark to security screening.

The airport will also see a much-needed upgrade to its baggage system, with the current systems merging into one to streamline the check-in and baggage claim process for passengers.

Mr de Graff said it would be an incredible improvement for both travellers and staff working in the baggage areas.

"Currently our baggage system consists of three different systems and they're not talking to each other," he said.

 

[jrfsp]

The walkway straight from car park to security sounds great!

 

[tdimdad]

The walkway straight from car park to security sounds great!

This will then also equally include walking from the train -> security, I assume. That's a nice addition. At it's best if they also include an easy access to priority queues.

 

[RooFlyer]

And I guess those dropped off by car and HLO will take the lift up.

 

[Gremlin]

One thing I was a little disappointed with was a lack of addressing the complete fustercluck that is the passenger drop off/pick up area at the Domestic Terminal. It's currently incredibly inefficient and, with the proposed increase in pax over the next couple of years, only going to get worse.

Furthermore, if you have a look at the latest schematic for the proposed Terminal 3, it actually now has the drop off/pick up traffic for T3 funnelling through the existing choke points on the road to the Domestic Terminal. Surely that can't be right?

Also interesting that T3 doesn't have its own car park. I know the 2020 Master Plan called for a Mass Transit loop to be built (see map here) which would mean that both pax drop off and parking could be moved to somewhere near the Central Parking Area, but that's not in the latest release from the weekend (Future BNE).

 

[AIRwin]

New restaurant in the VA satellite terminal:

New 360 degree BNE restaurant

Brisbane Airport has welcomed ‘Local’ to the Domestic Terminal, a brand-new 360-degree restaurant and bar, the largest to open in the Domestic Terminal at 425m2.Drawing inspiration from the warm hospitality of a Queensland beer garden, ‘Local’ is a celebration of the state’s world-class local...

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