Melbourne Airport unveils $4.5 billion international terminal expansion

[elanshin]

I get they are trying to improve the building but it really needs to be demolished and rebuilt. Won’t happen in private hands sadly.

I’m fairly sure the Ansett satellite dishes are still on top of the Virgin gates with the logo also.

The problem isn't that simple. How do you knock down and rebuild an airport while keeping it running... You can't.

So you have to either build a brand new terminal building (possible) and then move everything over after its done or do an expansion whilst keeping current core functionality working.

In this case its kind of a mix of both. They're building a whole new section in extra space they've commandeered. Once its done I suspect everything will funnel over there whilst they renovate the existing area.

 

[sevenfourtyseven]

I just came back from HK on QF30 - walking off the plane, was faced with a wall of passengers in non-existing queues waiting for kiosks. It was a nightmare. The queue extended back into the main causeway before you actually turn into the kiosk section.

Following aircrew to bypass the queues, I found the front kiosks were also similarly congested.

So I went to the manual customs queues with families and young kids - and got through in about 30 minutes - otherwise I estimate would have been 2 hours or more.

Not sure if this is the right thread to complain about Melbourne International Airport - but it is by far the worst compared to other Australian (and definitely international) airports.

/rant over.

If they got rid of the duty free shops near the kiosks, there would be plenty more space!

Find a spot for them in the baggage hall (similar to the shops in Changi after you pass immigration).

 

[SYD]

The problem isn't that simple. How do you knock down and rebuild an airport while keeping it running... You can't.

Not to the same scale but CBR was a progressive knock down, rebuild.

SYD T3 was also complete knockdown, rebuild for the Olympics but kept operating.

 

[Saab34]

Probably more pre planning
Should have started thinking about it 20-30 years ago. But I guess they have been thinking about airport rail since, what the 70s? And here we are today.

 

[dajop]

If they got rid of the duty free shops near the kiosks, there would be plenty more space!

Find a spot for them in the baggage hall (similar to the shops in Changi after you pass immigration).

Actually thinking of a a range of airports where DF is after immigration, but before customs. From memory, in addition to SIN, I can think of LHR, ZRH, DEL as other examples of this, I am sure there are many others.

 

[elanshin]

Actually thinking of a a range of airports where DF is after immigration, but before customs. From memory, in addition to SIN, I can think of LHR, ZRH, DEL as other examples of this, I am sure there are many others.

SYD advertising they have a section now at baggage carousel.

 

[SYD]

Actually thinking of a a range of airports where DF is after immigration, but before customs. From memory, in addition to SIN,

SIN is after “immigration” if departing and presumably you can swirl past a shop before heading the eGates on arrival.

I can think of LHR, ZRH, DEL as other examples of this, I am sure there are many others.

Euro is odd, because you can only do DF (AFAIK) if you’re departing the Schengen zone but the shops are usually before non-Schengen immigration.

The UK is a bit like the US. Walking around T5 there can be PAX flying domestic rubbing shoulders with those going further afield.