Gold Coast Airport

Even though we were busy navigating the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred this International Women’s Day, we never miss the opportunity to highlight the amazing women at GCA! Meet Katie, one of our dedicated Aerodrome Reporting Officers at Gold Coast Airport - a role that ensures the safety and efficiency of our airfield, rain, hail, or shine. From conducting runway inspections to coordinating aircraft movements, her work is critical to keeping Gold Coast Airport moving.✈️ To all the incredible women at GCA, we appreciate everything you do - today and every day. 💜 #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

2010 ➡️ 2025 Can you believe it's been 15 years since Gold Coast Airport's first major redevelopment! In 2010, our $100m terminal expansion was officially opened to the public by the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, as the then Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Since then Queensland Airports Limited has invested heavily in further improvements to cater to ongoing passenger growth. Most recently completing $500m in developing the precinct - including the $260m terminal expansion, airport hotel & domestic terminal retail refresh.

2024 was a record-breaking year at Gold Coast Airport - our busiest ever for domestic travel. 🎉   Some highlights from the year include: ✈️ 6.2 million passengers. ⬆️ Over 221,000 additional domestic passengers compared to 2023. 🌏 26,000 additional passengers travelled on our Auckland services compared to 2023. 🌴Bali services saw a 25% increase on travellers compared to 2023.   We're looking forward to the year ahead and are committed to expanding our network and further boosting connectivity to the region.

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍 We're delighted this Lunar New Year period to welcome thousands of customers through the terminal on our new direct Hong Kong Airlines flight between the Gold Coast and Hong Kong 🎉 May the Year of the Snake bring happiness, health and good fortune to all🏮

What a week 🤩 We were thrilled to welcome Hong Kong Airlines' first Australian flight since 2019, earlier this week. The direct services will deliver 5,000 seats from Hong Kong into the Gold Coast over the busy Lunar New Year period 🎉

We’re kicking off 2025 with the return of Hong Kong Airlines to Australian skies! 🎉   The first flight in six years touched down at GCA this morning with over 250 passengers on board! 🌏   This exciting milestone will see 5,000 seats delivered into the Gold Coast over the next 4 weeks, boosting tourism and trade throughout the Lunar New Year period.   Passengers onboard the inaugural flight were greeted by an exciting lion dance performance and Queensland Tourism Minister Andrew Powell MP GAICD, Queensland Airports Limited CEO Amelia Evans, City of Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates, Tourism and Events Queensland's Ollie Philpot, and Hong Kong Airlines President and inaugural flight Captain, Jeff Sun. ✈️

Santa paws is comin' to town! 🐾🎅 Merry Christmas from all of us at Gold Coast Airport and Queensland Airports Limited. Today, we're gearing up for what we anticipate will be our busiest day of the year, with over 22,000 passengers expected to travel through the terminal. A huge shoutout to our incredible teams for making this festive season safe, seamless and special for everyone.

As a proud partner of Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, we're excited to share the latest development in the Kroombit Tinkerfrog Recovery Program, which aims to repopulate sites where the species has gone extinct. Last month 27 captive bred Tinkerfrogs were released into the wild at Kroombit Tops National Park. Excitingly, whilst they were there, they located 3 male Tinkerfrogs calling at a rainforest site where they had not be recorded for almost 20 years! One was collected and will now become part of the breeding group at CWS Frog Lab, introducing new genetics to the program. Congratulations to our partners at CWS for this important leap forward in the program. 🐸

QAL has entered a landmark seven-year Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) with CS Energy to transition its Gold Coast Airport and Townsville Airport operations to 100% renewable energy. The PPA, effective from 1 January 2025, marks a significant milestone in QAL’s Net Zero 2030 journey, addressing almost 90% of the organisation’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions. This important collaboration is another step in QAL’s ambition to reduce its environmental footprint. 🍃👣

Gold Coast Airport is preparing for what is shaping up to be one of our busiest summers yet, with over 1.2 million passengers expected throughout December and January! 🌞✈️ Sydney and Melbourne are the most popular routes, followed by Auckland internationally. Plus, we’re thrilled to welcome seasonal services from Hong Kong starting 18 January! What to know if you’re flying this summer: ✈️ The busiest travel days will be 20 and 27 December and 3 January – plan ahead to avoid the rush! ✈️ Book your parking online early. Our new Saver carpark has added 600 spaces for added convenience. ✈️ Arrive early and enjoy our upgraded departure lounge with expanded seating, 24 new stores, and a range of dining options.