Perth Domestic Airport and Smoking

[breakNegg]

Flew in to Perth from Melbourne yesterday and was stunned by the amount of cigarette smoke directly outside the passenger terminal. I really do not believe this should be allowed so close to the terminal. It seems qantas dont care for their customers. Anyway thats my cough about the trip, apart from that all good.

 

[drewbles]

I know there's a smoking area next to the vending machines at the end of the VA terminal, en-route to the hire car area. Most people ignore it i've found though. Not sure what the QF end arrangements are.

 

[markis10]

Welcome to AFF, I think you will find its the airports responsibility as QF only lease the terminal, with their lease stopping at the front doors. It probably feels worse because of those poor addicted souls rushing to get their fix after what is mostly a long flight into Perth.

 

[cmon0005]

Melbourne airport is worse in my experience, and what is worse is the amount of qf baggage handlers, customs staff etc out the front puffing away in uniform, not very professional.

 

[ashleyn]

I know there's a smoking area next to the vending machines at the end of the VA terminal, en-route to the hire car area. Most people ignore it i've found though. Not sure what the QF end arrangements are.

There's also non smoking zones outside all the doors that people ignore. Don't think it's Qantas's job to police though.

 

[mannej]

How's is QF at fault here? It happens outside the doors of each terminal at PER...

 

[breakNegg]

You are right perhaps, but we do not know who is in control directly outside the doors for sure. Having said that I can only assume that the Airport is at fault. Probably a handball roll on effect is in place.

 

[boomy]

Maybe dedicated smoking rooms like in BKK will solve the problem.

 

[breakNegg]

Would be nothing wrong in Qantas taking the lead roll in this matter to set a standard perhaps

 

[drewbles]

Would be nothing wrong in Qantas taking the lead roll in this matter to set a standard perhaps

Outside the terminal is not QF/VA's jurisdiction. It should just be a case of the airport policing it. They built smoking areas, why not make sure they're actually used?

 

[VHOEJ]

I have noticed the MEL area - very well signposted but smokers everywhere right outside the doors. And yet the people who are in uniform should have no excuse. Even at the Sydney INTL Arrivals, it says no smoking everywhere but if you walk through the doors without getting some smoke in your face you have done well.

But enforcement is the problem - who is going to tell people off? The cops? The cleaners? Airport staff? I have never seen anyone told off for it. If someone comes along (like the parking police) with a fine, it would stop very quickly.

 

[breakNegg]

wonder if virgin have exactly the same problem at perth

 

[drewbles]

wonder if virgin have exactly the same problem at perth

They do. I fly into PER with VA quite a bit, and the smoking area is to the left as you exit the terminal. They don't even walk the 10m to the area, they just puff on to the right of the doors.

 

[singh]

The Perth International Airport (T1) is the same. Smoke everywhere outside the doors - although it has improved in the last year or so, its still not great. Terminal 2 is much better.

 

[froggerADL]

It's lucky that the fumes coming out of those exhaust pipes are completely odourless.

 

[ashleyn]

It's lucky that the fumes coming out of those exhaust pipes are completely odourless.

I'm afraid you have completely missed the point Frogger

 

[lovestotravel]

Melbourne airport is worse in my experience, and what is worse is the amount of qf baggage handlers, customs staff etc out the front puffing away in uniform, not very professional.

Indeed, always nice to come off a longer flight and walk through the stench at 6am in the morning and they are mostly baggage handlers

Not a good look at all!

 

[ashleyn]

Why don't we all write to the airports and health ministers and make a difference. For the smokers, all they have to do is move another 20m away is that too much to ask for ?

 

[breakNegg]

They could round them up and have them shot at dawn, or 6 am, whichever comes 1stLOL

 

[samh004]

I regularly come down the escalators into BNE QF D to be faced with a huddle of smokers in the smoking area. Admittedly, it's not very close to the terminal, but if the wind was blowing the right way it would hit a lot of people.

I don't think this is an airport issue at all. The gov should mandate that there's no smoking within 100 or more metres of an airport... considering the amount of people affected it would probably greatly improve the health of Australians.