Townsville Airport will be able to accept scheduled international flights from the start of March after the federal government agreed to support passenger processing at the North Queensland gateway.
The federal government says there has been an “in-principle agreement of the National Passenger Processing Committee to facilitate international services at Townsville Airport”.
“Queensland Airports Ltd has already commenced talks to secure the first international air services into Townsville,” a government joint statement said on Saturday.
“There have been expressions of interest from a couple of airlines in actually commencing services, but it’s been a barrier that there were no border protection services available,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Warren Truss said in Townsville on Saturday.
The federal government says there has been an “in-principle agreement of the National Passenger Processing Committee to facilitate international services at Townsville Airport”.
“Queensland Airports Ltd has already commenced talks to secure the first international air services into Townsville,” a government joint statement said on Saturday.
“There have been expressions of interest from a couple of airlines in actually commencing services, but it’s been a barrier that there were no border protection services available,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Warren Truss said in Townsville on Saturday.