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88-563: Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport ) ( IATA : OOL , ICAO : YBCG ) is a domestic and international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast and approximately 90 km (56 mi) south of Brisbane , within the South East Queensland agglomeration . The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga near Coolangatta . The main runway itself cuts through

176-580: A Boeing 767 . On 2 July, Tigerair Australia was suspended from flying by CASA due to "various" safety concerns. The grounding coincided with school holidays in New South Wales and Victoria. News agencies estimated that 35,000 people could have been affected. It is estimated that Tigerair would lose $ 4.2 million for every week of suspension. Special conditions were imposed on its Air Operator Certificate giving Tigerair 60 days from mid June to complete instrument rating renewals. This direction

264-659: A 60% stake in Tigerair Australia for $ 35 million. Tigerair and Virgin said they would spend up to $ 62.5 million on Tiger Australia to increase its fleet from 11 aircraft to 35 by 2018. Tiger would operate as a low-cost subsidiary of Virgin Australia. On 23 April 2013, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC announce that it would not oppose the sale. ACCC chairman Rod Sims said that Tigerair would be "highly unlikely to remain in

352-517: A day in each direction, and doubling the capacity on the Adelaide–Sydney route. New aircraft were expected to arrive starting on 4 October 2009. On 5 November 2009, Tiger Airways announced its intention to launch into the Brisbane market with services to Melbourne, Adelaide and Rockhampton . Tiger celebrated these routes for $ 2 during its Second Birthday sale, along with all Tasmanian routes and

440-430: A further expansion, stage two, scheduled to kick in upon demand. The main terminal – Terminal 1 – currently houses operations for Qantas , Jetstar , Virgin Australia , Rex , Air New Zealand and Scoot . Before moving to the main terminal, Tigerair flights previously operated from a low-cost terminal with basic amenities, located approximately 200 m (660 ft) from the main terminal building. Seair Pacific ,

528-583: A new Canberra–Brisbane domestic route with three weekly return services. On 2 September 2019, Virgin Australia Holdings Managing Director and CEO Paul Scurrah unveiled a new organisational structure for his executive leadership team designed to bring the three flying businesses – Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) and Tigerair Australia – closer together. Under this structure,

616-567: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

704-614: A positive light, did much to promote the airline. The TV programme was axed in 2012 due to low ratings. Tigerair Australia recommenced services in 2011 out of a single base in Melbourne. In July 2012, a second base was opened at Sydney Airport . A third operating base was then opened at Brisbane Airport in March 2014. Tigerair Australia expanded into short-haul international flights when Virgin Australia transferred some of its services between Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth and Denpasar on

792-644: A result of the COVID-19 epidemic. On 3 April all pilots were made redundant. Following Virgin Australian Holdings being placed in administration and later sold, new owner Bain Capital confirmed the brand would be retired. Tigerair was officially discontinued by Bain on 10 September 2020. Its Air Operator's Certificate was retained for potential revival. Operators such as Rex Airlines and Bonza came into its market but later failed, sparking

880-419: A scheduled and charter airline based at Gold Coast Airport, operate from their own hangar in the general aviation part of the airport. An Instrument Landing System (ILS) was scheduled to be installed at the airport by June 2015 to enable planes to land during adverse weather conditions. It would be a Required navigation performance (RNP) system rather than a traditional ILS as this would allow planes to cross

968-476: A serious and imminent risk to air safety". Consumer regulators, such as the ACCC, warned Tigerair Australia that the airline needed to inform customers who purchased tickets about the uncertainty as to whether the airline would be flying from 9 July. Tigerair Australia suspended its ticket sales on 5 July, however the ACCC's chairman, Graeme Samuel , stated that Tigerair Australia's "lack of response until that point

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1056-670: A wholly owned Australian subsidiary in March 2007 without any special conditions. On 16 March 2007, Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd was incorporated in the Northern Territory , although the company is based in Melbourne , with Melbourne Airport being the airline's major hub. Five aircraft and $ 10 million were committed to start the subsidiary. The airline's business model was based on that of sister airline Tiger Airways in Singapore, which included attempting to increase

1144-509: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

1232-617: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

1320-523: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1408-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

1496-465: Is no cause for concern. CASA has taken no action. We continue to operate and we want to reassure our customers that there is no risk to safety and we continue as normal". On 7 June, a Tigerair aircraft descended below the minimum altitude near Melbourne Airport . On 30 June, another Tigerair aircraft flew below the published minimum altitude near Avalon Airport . On 1 July, a further Tigerair A320 flying from Brisbane to Melbourne flew too close to

1584-543: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

1672-560: Is not part of my job description". Tiger Airways Australia celebrated its first anniversary on 19 November 2008 with a "Free Seats" campaign, which resulted in 100,000 seats on sale, of which half sold out within the first few hours. The airline celebrated its second birthday on 23 November 2009 with thousands of seats on sale for $ 2. Tiger Airways Australia was founded by Tiger Airways Holdings. In October 2012, Virgin Australia Holdings announced it had agreed terms to purchase

1760-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1848-571: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

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1936-518: The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) as well as Tiger crew. Tiger received its Air Operator's Certificate on 22 November. The airline projected initial traffic of two million passengers annually. Tiger Airways Australia's first scheduled flight was TT 7402, which departed from Melbourne for the Gold Coast on 23 November 2007. The airline managed services out of a single base – Melbourne Airport . On 31 May 2008

2024-632: The Federal Airports Corporation on behalf of the Government. A decade later, on 29 May 1998, the airport was privatised via a long-term lease to Queensland Airports (QAL). By 1999 the company's name had changed to become Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd (GCAPL). The airport then suffered from the collapse of Ansett in 2001, as Ansett had operated direct services from the Gold Coast to 12 Australian destinations. In 2003, GCAPL

2112-680: The G:link light rail to the airport, while the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program envisions extending the Gold Coast Line train line to the airport. As of 2019, neither have been approved to begin construction. In March 1949, a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft became airborne at Bilinga airstrip for a flight to Archerfield Airport . Before reaching a height of 500 ft (150 m) it stalled and crashed. All 21 occupants died in

2200-600: The Gold Coast and Singapore . On 1 August 2023, Bonza announced it would open its third base at Gold Coast Airport, flying on 14 routes, 11 of which are not flown by other airlines. In October 2023, Jetstar replaced its Gold Coast to Tokyo route with Brisbane , to better utilize resources. On 17 July 2024, AirAsia X announced it was ceasing operations to the Gold Coast from 1 December 2024 due to operational costs. Gold Coast airport now has severely limited international connections. However, despite numerous international service reductions, Gold Coast Airport will be

2288-450: The 'golden triangle' by expanding onto the busy Sydney–Brisbane route, offering double daily frequencies. On 7 March 2012, Tiger Airways announced that it would reopen a second base at Sydney Airport On 4 September 2012, Tiger announced it was resuming flights from Melbourne to Adelaide, beginning from 1 November 2012. In October 2012, Virgin Australia Holdings announced its intention to purchase 60% of Tiger Airways Australia. The deal

2376-598: The Freight Terminal. Coast Cargo is a registered Cargo Terminal Operator (CTO) and currently handles Virgin Australia . It is also the agent for Toll Air Express. The airport is located on the western side of the Gold Coast Highway in Bilinga, the terminal is 300 metres from the highway. The Gold Coast Highway passes through all the coastal suburbs of the city and is the most direct route to most of

2464-478: The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . 2016 saw the commencement of Project LIFT an approximate $ 300 million upgrade featuring two new wide-bodied aircraft stands and a three-level terminal development with four aerobridges and improved ground transport facilities. It enabled up to 19 additional aircraft to take off and touch down. In July 2019, work began on the 30,000-square-metre (322,917 sq ft) southern terminal expansion. Infrastructure group Lendlease

2552-681: The Gold Coast would commence later in the year; however, services to Adelaide would be cut due to delays in receiving new aircraft which were intended for their new Avalon base. On 26 October 2010, Gold Coast Airport was named the 2010 Major Airport of the Year 2010 by the Australian Airports Association (AAA). The Gold Coast Airport served as the official airport of the 2018 Commonwealth Games . In July 2023, Scoot Airlines suspended its Gold Coast route indefinitely, citing operational costs, leaving no direct route between

2640-608: The IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

2728-476: The Indonesian island of Bali to Tigerair from 23 March 2016. These services use three Boeing 737-800 aircraft, wet leased from Virgin Australia and using Virgin's air operator's certificate and flight crew, with Tigerair providing the cabin crew. On 3 February 2017, Tigerair ended flights to Bali, citing approval issues with Indonesian authorities. On 16 May 2016, Tigerair Australia joined Value Alliance,

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2816-504: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Tigerair Australia Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd , operating as Tigerair Australia ,

2904-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

2992-542: The airline announced that passengers would be charged a fee for checked-in luggage. The fee was $ 10 (for 15 kg of luggage) at booking or $ 20 at check-in. Tiger announced on 3 April 2009 its intention to launch in the Melbourne–Sydney market, the fifth busiest passenger route in the world at the time , signalling an end to its operational policy of avoiding expensive airports. On 18 July, Tiger announced an increase in its Melbourne–Sydney flights by up to nine flights

3080-428: The airline over the course of a year. In comparison, Tigerair's main competitor departed on schedule 76.2% of the time on like-for-like routes. On like-for-like routes, Tigerair Australia was also three times more reliable than its key competitor when it came to cancellations in 2015. Tigerair Australia cancelled 0.9% of flights in 2015, compared to 2.9% for the key competitor on the same routes. Tigerair Australia recorded

3168-553: The airline's best ever on time departure statistics in February 2016, with 93.3% of services departing on time. On 11 February, erroneous data was suspected to have been put into a flight computer. On 3 March, a traffic collision avoidance system alarm was triggered after one of Tigerair's A320s flew too close to a smaller aircraft. Following this, Tigerair was issued with a "show-cause" notice for pilot training and maintenance. Spokeswoman Vanessa Regan told news media that "There

3256-415: The airport as of 3 December 2012, and is available to business class passengers, Qantas Club members, and Qantas Frequent Flyer Gold and Platinum members. The following airlines operate scheduled and in some cases chartered passenger flights from Gold Coast Airport. All passenger airlines operate flights from the main terminal (T1) with the exception of Seair Pacific, which operates from their own hangar in

3344-470: The airport celebrated the arrival of AirAsia X , which began services directly to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, and Tigerair Australia , which started services to Melbourne. Subsequently, the airport has had flights from Air Pacific from Nadi , Fiji. Jetstar to Tokyo and Osaka . Services to New Zealand increased as well, with Jetstar, Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue flying to Auckland , Wellington and Christchurch . Airnorth also started services to

3432-670: The airport from Darwin , via Mount Isa . In addition, Virgin Blue announced direct services from Canberra and Townsville . This opened up connections between all three Queensland Airports -owned airports – Mount Isa Airport , Townsville Airport and Gold Coast Airport. 2010 saw Jetstar announce the airport as its newest hub, increased services to Cairns and new direct services to Perth (discontinued in 2013) and Queenstown . Tiger Airways also announced their newest base at Avalon Airport in Geelong , and said that services from Avalon to

3520-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

3608-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

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3696-560: The brand would be retired. Australian government policy and legislation currently permits airlines that are 100% foreign-owned to operate domestic airline services within the country. The change in regulations originally applied only to New Zealand-owned airlines in 1996, but were later relaxed, resulting in the establishment of Virgin Australia . Australian international airlines are still subject to ownership rules that limit foreign ownership to 49%. The Foreign Investment Review Board gave approval for Tiger Airways Holdings to establish

3784-575: The coast at Currumbin rather than Surfers Paradise and therefore fly over fewer houses. The proposed ILS had become an issue with residents concerned with noise. On 25 January 2016 the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development , Warren Truss , approved the installation of an ILS at Gold Coast Airport. Due to Ground contamination that was found at the ILS location, it will not be able to be installed before

3872-502: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

3960-445: The competitor that they are going to be". On 23 November 2007, Tiger Airways criticised Qantas for being unable to provide ground handling services to the airline at Alice Springs Airport , forcing it to delay its launch to the city by three months to 1 March 2008. The airline had promised to pay any cost to Qantas, but services were still denied. Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti responded by saying "assisting competitors

4048-455: The crash or the ensuing conflagration . It was Queensland's worst civil aviation accident. Gold Coast Airport received the "best airport award for customer experience" at the 2018 National Airport Industry Awards hosted by the Australian Airports Association in Brisbane . IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by

4136-420: The difference of any competitor's fare that is cheaper than its own fares". This was soon followed by a bonus system to entice its customers to stay with the airline. Tiger Airways Australia had previously been quoted as planning to offer "single digit" one-way fares when it began service. The announcement of $ 80 flights from Melbourne to Darwin was met with criticism from Jetstar. Virgin Australia considered

4224-934: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

4312-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

4400-478: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

4488-597: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

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4576-616: The general aviation part of the airport and Eastern Air Services which operates from the General Aviation apron. The following airlines operate scheduled cargo flights from Gold Coast Airport. Qantas Freight uses the cargo space of Jetstar aircraft to transport cargo domestically. It is also contracted for Jetstar international flights and Air New Zealand flights from the airport. It offers same day/overnight and standby services domestically airport to airport and airport to door from Gold Coast Airport. All cargo services operate from

4664-489: The ground while we consider all these issues". Tigerair stated that it was co-operating fully with CASA. On 6 July, CASA announced that it would lodge a request for extension to the suspension until 1 August at the Federal Court in Melbourne, while CASA continued to investigate, after the investigation raised more questions into Tiger Airways Australia, and until CASA was satisfied that the airline "no longer poses

4752-431: The intention of only providing an emergency landing ground for airmail aircraft transiting between Brisbane and Sydney. Passenger flights took off for the first time in 1939 using the then grassy field of the current Coolangatta site. Regular services were started by Queensland Airlines and Butler Air Transport after World War II . Ansett started its own services in 1950 using DC-3s , while Trans Australia Airlines did

4840-487: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

4928-489: The local market if the proposed acquisition didn't proceed". In October 2014, Virgin Australia Holdings purchased the remaining 40% of Tigerair Australia. The airline statistics for the 2012–2013 year showed that of the major Australian domestic airlines (Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Tigerair), Tigerair achieved the second lowest level of on-time departures for 2012–13 at 79.6%, a significant drop from 2011 to 2012 figure of 89.5%, but ahead of Jetstar at 75.6%. This result

5016-691: The major holiday destinations on the Gold Coast. The Pacific Motorway (M1) interchange is 1.5 km south of the airport just over the NSW border in Tweed Heads West. The Pacific Motorway connects the city to Northern NSW, Gold Coast's western suburbs, and Brisbane CBD. All bus services are provided by Kinetic Group . There are a number of private operators offering transfers between Gold Coast Airport and Brisbane. Scheduled transfers are available for arriving and departing passengers. The Gold Coast City Transport Strategy 2031 includes an extension of

5104-507: The market being labeled 'in crisis' by the Transport Workers Union of Australia . Bonza went into liquidation , while Rex Airlines attempt to compete in the key city-city market caused the airline to go into administration in mid-2024. The arrival of Tiger Airways Australia in the market resulted in varied responses from its primary competitors, mainly Qantas (and its subsidiary Jetstar ) and Virgin Australia . Jetstar

5192-724: The most connected Australian airport with New Zealand when, in June 2025, Jetstar will commence flights to Hamilton and Dunedin. It is anticipated that a railway station will be constructed at the airport if the Gold Coast line is extended. In 2008, the Tugun Bypass opened and featured a tunnel under the runway . The airport opened an extension to the main runway as well as a full-length parallel taxiway in May 2007. The runway will be 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, allowing for heavier aircraft with greater range to takeoff . The final runway

5280-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

5368-405: The newly opened Terminal 4 at Melbourne Airport, which features new technology automated check-in kiosks and bag drop facilities, as well as an expanded departure lounge and more shopping and food choices. On 27 August 2015, Tigerair Australia announced three weekly return services between Melbourne and Coffs Harbour. On 2 March 2016, the airline announced an additional weekly return service between

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5456-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

5544-485: The popular Melbourne- Sydney route. Tiger Australia announced in February 2010 that the airline was now profitable. Former MD Shelley Roberts departed on 1 June 2010. Her successor was Crawford Rix. "As far as I am concerned, on-time performance is going to be a big area that we will be focusing on," said Rix in a media interview. On 16 July 2010, Tiger Airways announced its intention to cease flying from Launceston Airport as of 2 August 2010. The Adelaide–Hobart route

5632-652: The position of CEO Tigerair ceased to exist, with the operations of Tigerair being led by an Executive General Manager accountable for the relevant Air Operator's Certificate and reporting to the VAH Chief Operations Officer, and commercial and corporate functions reporting centrally within the Group. In February 2020, Virgin Australia Holdings announced it would reduce Tigerair's fleet from 13 to eight, exit five loss-making routes, and close its Brisbane base. Operations were suspended on 25 March 2020 as

5720-446: The possibility of establishing a low-cost offshoot to fend off Tiger Airways. In a bid to increase its share of low-cost traffic, Melbourne Airport announced plans to cut usage fees soon after Tiger's announcement of establishing a hub there. Tiger's mention of New Zealand as a potential market raised concerns in that country. Just days before the launch of Tiger Airways Australia, Jetstar offered 5,000 seats on 21 November 2007 for

5808-454: The price of five cents, inclusive of taxes, on seven domestic routes, costing the airline $ 25 per seat. Jetstar claimed that the sale has nothing to do with the Tiger launch, while at the same time referring to them as "competitive". Jetstar's spokesman, Simon Westaway, was quoted as saying that Tiger Airways "are a good airline in their own right. We are not going head to head. We respect them for

5896-418: The principal design and construct contractor for a $ 100-million redevelopment of the airport's main terminal. Completed in 2010, the project doubled the size of the existing facility to almost 27,000 m (290,000 sq ft), incorporating domestic and international operations with self-service kiosks and 40 common-user check-in desks. The works will accommodate forecast growth for the next 10 years with

5984-475: The remaining 40% of Tigerair for $ 1. Virgin retained the Tigerair name and acquired the brand rights for Tigerair to operate to some international destinations from Australia. On 7 August 2015, it was announced that Tigerair Australia would begin operating its first ever international services to Denpasar from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, beginning from 23 March 2016. On 18 August 2015, Tigerair moved into

6072-506: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

6160-488: The same in 1954 using DC-3s, too, as well as DC-4s and Convairs to link other Australian cities. By 1958, the taxiways and runways were fully paved, with the latter upgraded a decade later to allow jet operations with DC-9 and L-188 Electra aircraft to begin. The current terminal, known as the Eric Robinson Building , was officially opened in 1981 by Acting Prime Minister Douglas Anthony , when at

6248-451: The state borders of Queensland and New South Wales . During summer, these states are in two different time zones . The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time (year-round AEST / UTC+10). The facility occupies 371 hectares (917 acres ) of airport property. Until 1989, the airport was known as Coolangatta Airport . This is an Aboriginal word meaning "Place of Good View". It originally consisted (1936) of three grass strips with

6336-500: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

6424-409: The time more than 650,000 passengers were using the airport. The following year, the main runway was lengthened to 2,042 m (6,699 ft), thus permitting the use of wide-body jets by the two domestic operators Ansett Australia and Trans Australia Airlines and their Boeing 767 and Airbus A300 respectively on flights from Melbourne and Sydney. From 1 January 1988, the airport was managed by

6512-471: The total market size (number of passengers), control operating costs, and maximise the number of sectors served. One way it planned to keep costs low was by avoiding expensive airports. Tiger undertook the final stage of Australian regulatory procedures on 20 November 2007, successfully performing two proving flights from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast and Launceston . Each carried officials from

6600-466: The two locations. On 22 October 2015, Tigerair revealed a new look for the airline, featuring new uniforms, website, booking system and an improved check-in experience. On 9 December 2016, Tigerair resumed flights between Canberra and Melbourne after a gap of five years. On 3 February 2017, Tigerair ended flights to Bali, started 11 months before on 23 March 2016, citing approval issues with Indonesian authorities. On 14 September 2017, Tigerair added

6688-515: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

6776-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

6864-400: Was also reflected in arrival performance, where Tigerair achieved an on-time arrival rate of 76.3%, ahead of Jetstar at 76.1%. In the same period for the major domestic airlines, Tigerair had the lowest cancellation rate for the 2012–2013 year, at 1.2% of flights cancelled. The airline statistics for 2015 revealed that 84.1% of Tigerair Australia services departed on time in 2015, a record for

6952-486: Was also to be suspended. On 16 September 2010, Tiger commenced services to Cairns , operating a late night daily service from Melbourne. On 21 October 2010, Tiger announced that it was adding two Airbus A320 aircraft to the Melbourne base in the new year, bringing its Victorian fleet to a total of ten aircraft, in line with a deal struck with the State government. Tiger announced on 25 October 2010 its intention of completing

7040-510: Was an Australian low-cost airline . Founded by Tiger Airways Holdings , it commenced services in the domestic airline market on 23 November 2007 as Tiger Airways Australia . It later became a subsidiary of Virgin Australia Holdings . On 25 March 2020, Tigerair suspended all operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . Following Virgin Australia Holdings going into voluntary administration and later sold, new owner Bain Capital confirmed

7128-573: Was appointed to deliver the project. By August 2022, much of the expansion work was complete and 400 volunteers participated in a mass trial at the Gold Coast Airport's new terminal on 30 August 2022. Gold Coast Airport has two airline lounges: one, operated by Virgin Australia , has been operational since 30 May 2012, and is available to business class passengers, Virgin Australia lounge members, and Velocity Frequent Flyer Gold and Platinum members. A Qantas Club has been operational at

7216-620: Was completed in July 2013, after the airline had changed its name to Tigerair Australia. On 18 December 2012, Tiger began direct return flights from Mackay to Melbourne and Sydney. On 6 February 2013, Tiger Airways Australia announced it would resume services between Melbourne and Sunshine Coast/Alice Springs, and begin services between Sydney and Cairns/Alice Springs. Just over a week later, Tiger Airways Australia began its first intrastate route, from Sydney to Coffs Harbour . On 17 October 2014, Virgin Australia Holdings announced plans to acquire

7304-448: Was confirmed as 2,492 m (8,176 ft) long in 2007, as says the plaque and photos of the 2006 runway length of 2,042 m (6,699 ft) compared to the 2007 runway length of 2,492 m (8,176 ft) on the left wall of the arrivals southern exit. On 16 May 2007, the runway extension was officially inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, Mark Vaile . Gold Coast Airport appointed ADCO Constructions as

7392-404: Was extended to all of its pilots. A spokesperson for CASA, Peter Gibson, told the media that "Tigerair has not been able to, at this stage, convince us that they can continue operations safely, so that's why they're on the ground". Citing a view that future problems would also occur, he also commented that "We [CASA] believe this is symptomatic of problems within the airline [and] we've put them on

7480-445: Was far from satisfactory". After five weeks CASA lifted the ban and Tigerair Australia recommenced operations on 12 August, but only for 18 flights a day between Melbourne and Sydney. Tigerair announced it was suspending operations from Avalon Airport and would close its Adelaide base altogether in a "commercially motivated" decision. It also said that it would reduce its fleet to eight aircraft. On 22 October 2012 CASA announced it

7568-471: Was issuing a new safety certificate and lifting all restrictions placed on Tigerair Australia, as it was now satisfied the restrictions were no longer needed. The Air Ways TV series created by the Seven Network followed the day-to-day operations of the airline. It had a similar premise to the successful UK factual television series Airline . The series, while not always portraying Tigerair in

7656-428: Was particularly vocal, with its then chief executive Alan Joyce quoted as saying "Tiger and what they have done have come across as a joke, and will probably continue that way". He claimed that Tiger was losing over SGD $ 60 million over the previous two years of operations out of Singapore. Air fares began to drop as special offers and other promotions were launched, such as Jetstar's announcement that it would "double

7744-650: Was taken over by QAL, which today also leases and operates Mount Isa Airport , Townsville Airport and Longreach Airport. Despite the name change from Coolangatta Airport to Gold Coast Airport , the airport retains its original IATA code , OOL and ICAO code , YBCG. The Airport ownership remains with the Government of Australia . In 1989, the airport welcomed its first international charter service from New Zealand, and by 1999 Air New Zealand low-cost subsidiary Freedom Air started scheduled no-frills service from Hamilton, New Zealand with Boeing 737s . In 2007

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