New $4m Building to Meet 60% Growth at ZQNThe new Baggage Hall (grey roof ) at Queenstown Airport Airlines and departing passengers in the Queenstown Southern Lakes region are to benefit from a speedier baggage-handling service at Queenstown Airport as the next stage in a series of upgrades and expansions. Construction gets under way Monday on a 1470sq m building to house a new baggage make up area. The $4 million-project is scheduled to open on 07DEC and will more than triple the size of the existing baggage carousel. Queenstown Airport gm commercial Simon Barr says it is needed to accommodate the increasing number of passengers passing through the airport. “Known airline schedules indicate 60% growth in international passengers during the next year, together with a 10% increase in domestic. Our current facilities are designed to cope with passenger numbers of around 700,000 per year while we are actually expecting to reach almost 1 million over the next 12 months. Of those numbers, the airport is designed to handle 5% international (international passengers have a greater impact on facilities) and 95% domestic but our actual passenger mix is closer to 20% international and 80% domestic.” The new building and carousel is expected to be completed in time for the new international Jetstar services into Queenstown which start on 09DEC and Air New Zealand's roll out of new A320 domestic jets from JAN11. The new international services and domestic fleet upgrade would be difficult to accommodate without the new building.
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