About Port Macquarie Airport-(IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ)

Port Macquarie Airport (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is a place where planes can land and take off and stuff in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km; 2.59 mi) west^[2] of the city center and is managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on behalf of its owners - the constituents of the Hastings. The airport had 218,897 revenue passengers, the 12th busiest in Australia, and 5,236 aircraft movements in the 2010-2011 financial year.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
QantasLink operated by Eastern Australia Airlines	Sydney Seasonal: Lord Howe Island
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines	Brisbane, Sydney

Virgin Australia

On 4 February 2008, Virgin Blue (now Virgin Australia) commenced direct scheduled services between Sydney and Port Macquarie. The flights operate daily in the morning. The service used to be conducted by an Embraer E-170 aircraft, and is the first scheduled jet service for the airport. On 19 October 2011, Virgin Australia's ATR 72 departed on its first flight to Brisbane. Connections are offered to all major Australian cities via Sydney. An increase to twice-daily service commenced 4 August 2008.^[4]

Competition by Virgin resulted in a significant drop in fare prices for the Port Macquarie - Sydney route, where Qantas previously operated a monopoly after Hazelton Airlines ceased services in 2001.^[5]

On 28 July 2011, Virgin Australia (in partnership with Skywest Airlines) announced its intention to commence a daily Brisbane to Port Macquarie service from October 2011. Subject to regulatory approval, the flight will be operated by the airline's newly delivered ATR 72 aircraft on a once-daily basis. The airline also announced that, as a result of the removal of Embraer 170 aircraft from its fleet, Sydney to Port Macquarie services would also be operated by ATR72 aircraft.^[6]^[7]

Aircraft Operations

Busiest domestic routes into and out of Port Macquarie (year ending June 2011^[1])^[8]
Rank	Airport	Passengers	% change	Carriers
1	New South Wales, Sydney	212,815	5.6	Virgin Australia, QantasLink

Connections to Brisbane (via Coffs Harbour) by Brindabella Airlines ceased 31 December 2010, citing poor loads on the route.^[9] Despite this, Virgin Australia entered the route on 19 October 2011 as a daily service with their ATR72 aircraft.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
^ ^a ^b YPMQ – Port Macquarie (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014, Aeronautical Chart
^ ^a ^b "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
^ Virgin Blue > News and Press Releases
^ Virgin Blue > News and Press Releases
^ Virgin Australia to expand Regional Network (Blog)
^ ^a ^b Virgin Australia Expands Regional Network Adding Gladstone and Port Macquarie and Increased Canberra Services
^ "Australian Domestic Airline Activity 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
^ Brindabella Airlines to exit Port Macquarie

External links

Port Macquarie Airport

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Macquarie_Airport