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Latest News
Meet the Makers – of the greater Sunshine Coast’s best food and beverage products….
Producers and makers from across the Greater Sunshine Coast are preparing to showcase their produce and products at the upcoming Meet the Makers event, presented by the Food and Agribusiness Network, supported by Sunshine Coast Airport and Sunshine Coast Council. The...
Virgin announces new flights for Easter, including new Adelaide service
Sunshine Coast Airport welcomes the announcement that Virgin Australia will increase capacity for the Sunshine Coast, including a new four-times-a-week service from Adelaide between 29 March and 25 April 2021. Virgin Australia has also added more direct services...
Newcastle flights get their wings with Fly Pelican
Sunshine Coast Airport today welcomed a new carrier, Fly Pelican, to fly to Newcastle as part of a three-times-a-week seasonal service operating until the end of March. The service will be operated by a 19 seat Jetstream turbo prop, and has been timed to make the most...
Sunshine Coast welcomes new Flying Kangaroo service from Melbourne
Sunshine Coast Airport today welcomed a new Qantas service between Sunshine Coast and Melbourne which will operate daily. The QantasLink service, to be operated by a two-class 110 seat Boeing 717, will deliver more than 6500 seats a month in and out of the region....
Sunshine Coast scoops flights to Newcastle with Fly Pelican
10 DECEMBER 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport today welcomed news that Fly Pelican will commence direct flights to Newcastle from 4 January. The three-times-a-week seasonal service will operate from January until the end of March, to make the most of the summer months and...
Sunshine Coast welcomes first Melbourne flight as Queensland border reopens
01 DECEMBER 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport has welcomed the arrival of the first plane from Melbourne carrying tourists in more than eight months, as the Queensland border reopened to Victoria and greater Sydney today. Jetstar flight JQ792 from...
Flying Kangaroo hops to Sunshine Coast
25 NOVEMBER 2020 Qantas will recommence direct flights from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast following the announcement of the border opening between Queensland and Victoria. From 17 December, the flying kangaroo will operate a daily service with passengers arriving on...
Qantas to fly between Australia’s capital and Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast Airport today welcomed news that Qantas will operate three times a week to Australia’s capital city, Canberra, from 19 November. The QantasLink service, to be operated by a dual class 110 seat Boeing 717, will deliver more than 2,600 seats a month in...
Sunshine Coast to Canberra service takes flight
Sunshine Coast Airport has spread its wings to fly to the nation’s capital for the first time ever, officially launching its inaugural Alliance Airlines service to Canberra today. The new service starts at two times a week, provides a key connection between the...
‘We are in this together’: Sunshine Coast Airport stands with aviation industry for Airport Safety Week
Sunshine Coast Airport has joined forces with local aviation operators to carry out a safety inspection of its new runway as part national Airport Safety Week 2020. Airport-based personnel participated in the ‘Foreign Object Debris’ walk on Wednesday, 21 October, to...
Coast to capital: Alliance Airlines launches direct Sunshine Coast flights to Canberra
Sunshine Coast Airport has joined forces with the Queensland Government, Alliance Airlines and Canberra Airport to launch a new service to Australia’s capital for the first time ever. From 23 October, Alliance Airlines will provide two services a week between the...
ADELAIDE – Services between Sunshine Coast and Festival State resume
Sunshine Coast Airport is ready to resume services to Adelaide, providing a much-needed boost to the Sunshine Coast tourism industry. Sunshine Coast Airport Head of Corporate Relations Ayllie White said regular passenger flights between...
Sunshine Coast Airport awarded carbon neutral for fourth year
12 AUGUST 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport has been awarded carbon neutral status for the fourth year under the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation Program. The highest level of accreditation achievable under the scheme, Sunshine Coast Airport...
Sunshine Coast to Cairns service takes flight
17 JULY 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport has spread its wings to fly north for the first time ever, officially launching its inaugural Alliance Airlines service to Cairns today. The new three-per-week service provides a key connection between two of Queensland’s high value...
Sunshine Coast Airport welcomes first flight as Queensland border reopens
10 JULY 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport has welcomed the arrival of the first passenger jet for leisure travel as the Queensland border reopened today. Jetstar flight JQ790 from Sydney touched down at SCA at 12:10pm, followed by Virgin Australia flight VA475 at 12:55pm,...
Sunshine Coast Airport ready to reopen terminal, resume flights
1 JULY 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport is gearing up to reopen its terminal and recommence selected domestic services from next week.Sunshine Coast Airport Chief Executive Officer Andrew Brodie said regular passenger flights between Sunshine Coast and Sydney have been...
GOING TROPPO: Sunshine Coast Airport launches direct service to Cairns
18 June 2020Sunshine Coast Airport has joined forces with the Queensland Government and Alliance Airlines to launch a new service to Cairns, allowing Queenslanders in the far north and the south east to enjoy the best of both worlds direct from their doorstep.Flying...
Sunshine Coast Airport set up to soar as new runway opens
14 June 2020 Sunshine Coast Airport has welcomed the arrival of the first flight on its new $334 million runway as it officially opened on Sunday 14 June, 2020. An Alliance Airlines Fokker 100, flight QQ 1331, was the first aircraft to touchdown on the new 2450m x 45m...
Revised opening date for new runway
6 April 2020Sunshine Coast Council has advised the new runway at Sunshine Coast Airport is now due to open on 14 June 2020, subject to weather and the impacts of COVID-19.Any such disruptions to the program may mean the June 14 date will not be met and programming...
Sunshine Coast Airport supporting women in STEM
6 March 2020Sunshine Coast Airport is proud to announce Liana Walsh as the first recipient of the new Sunshine Coast Airport - Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Scholarship through a partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)...
