Melbourne Airport unveils $4.5 billion international terminal expansion

[Harrison_133]

Melbourne Airport has unveiled a planned $4.5 billion expansion of its international terminal.

It includes:

• Expanded check-in hall with high-tech, common user baggage facilities
• Five new aircraft stands (capable of accomodating five widebody or eight narrowbody aircraft)
• Expanded terminal footprint with improved waiting areas, lounge facilities and retail offerings
• Expanded baggage reclaim with extra baggage carousels and additional space for border agencies
• Expanded waiting area for meeters and greeters

Preliminary works on the first stage of the international terminal expansion will begin in September.

Source: https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/cor ... ur-gateway

 

[dajop]

Aaah, five stands, does that now mean more likely to have bus rides between the plane and the terminal?

Cost prohibitive but MEL would be so much better to be like ZRH with a satellite terminal accessible by people mover to cater for long haul flights.

 

[AIRwin]

lounge facilities

QF J?

 

[dajop]

QF J?

SQ as well, they’ve indicated plans that will see new lounges is new location.

 

[TomVexille]

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[Doddler]

It's very much needed, so a good thing. But what a pain to endure yet more years of construction disruption at Melbourne Airport. It's been continuous now since about 2020.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Ridiculous… $500 million to build each gate?

Oh wait… $4.49 billion for retail, ten million to build 5 gates and new check-in hall.

Sorry, those figures are incredible… literally.

 

[elanshin]

Ridiculous… $500 million to build each gate?

Oh wait… $4.49 billion for retail, ten million to build 5 gates and new check-in hall.

Sorry, those figures are incredible… literally.

The extension out the front is pretty extensive. It extends almost all the way to the furthest pick-up lane currently and for all the terminals I'd be guessing. How they divide the internal space will remain to be seen for T1/T3 portion.

Take a look at the video they posted.

 

[MELso]

I wonder which will be finished first: the renovations or the train to the airport?

 

[flyingfan]

I wonder which will be finished first: the renovations or the train to the airport?

Anything will be finished before the train.

After decades we still don't have a train to the airport, let alone fast rail along the east coast.

 

[AuSammy]

Aaah, five stands, does that now mean more likely to have bus rides between the plane and the terminal?

The video shows these as bridge gates, not bus gates

 

[moa999]

QF J?

You've got a massive expansion of parts of the airport, so they are definitely creating more potential lounge space. See the blue circle, and red circle for the new gates.



Versus today from GMAps.

 

[elanshin]

I wonder which will be finished first: the renovations or the train to the airport?

Saw a meme about the HSR will connect from Sydney to Melbourne via MEL and thats how the airport link will be delivered.

 

[Happy Dude]

Any VA int lounge?

 

[elanshin]

Just read a bit more, seems the aim is to deliver by 2031 together with 3rd runway (and maybe train?... Maybe?)

 

[AuSammy]

Will be interesting to see what they propose to handle the arriving vehicular traffic with the forecourt and associated roads gone. Even if the train is delivered, traffic is not going to drop by a huge margin

 

[moa999]

And while obviously some cost inflation remember WSI is only a $5.6bn build including runways, excluding the new access roads and rail

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The extension out the front is pretty extensive. It extends almost all the way to the furthest pick-up lane currently and for all the terminals I'd be guessing. How they divide the internal space will remain to be seen for T1/T3 portion.

Take a look at the video they posted.

Still an incredible figure! They’re building the new trump tower in the gold coast… tallest building in Australia… and that’s only 1.5 billion.

 

[TomVexille]

Will be interesting to see what they propose to handle the arriving vehicular traffic with the forecourt and associated roads gone. Even if the train is delivered, traffic is not going to drop by a huge margin

Well the new pick up/drop off zone is slated to open this coming spring

 

[Invisible Monkey]

Ridiculous… $500 million to build each gate?

Oh wait… $4.49 billion for retail, ten million to build 5 gates and new check-in hall.

Sorry, those figures are incredible… literally.

It's alright, the money they make from parking at the airport should cover it...