Brisbane Airport crossed 14,000 footfalls for the first time since 2019 through the International Terminal in a single day.
Stephen Beckett, head of Public Affairs at Brisbane Airport said: “To think this time last year, international travel was still capped at 1,000 arrivals per week through Brisbane Airport and people were entering 14 days of hotel quarantine. During the depths of the pandemic there were days when we had zero passengers through the terminal, so this is a remarkable bounce-back.”
For now, international passenger numbers are 60% of the pre-pandemic level. Going ahead, Brisbane Airport is expecting 3 million people to pass through its Domestic and International terminals this holiday period. The airport anticipates strong recovery with the addition of new services and expansion of existing routes.
Recently, Jetstar announced it will fly four return flights per week between Auckland and Brisbane from 27 March 2023, delivering 25,000 additional Kiwi passengers into Queensland and an extra 430 jobs.
Queensland’s economy is powered by tourism. The tourism industry directly and indirectly employs 207,000 Queenslanders or 1 in 12 of all people employed in Queensland.