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Brisbane Airport is located in the Brisbane suburb of Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
The airport won Best Privatised Airport of 2005 by the International Air Transport Association IATA.
A $280 million dollar upgrade is in the planning stages at the International Terminal. Brisbane's $400
million parallel runway project is close to a reality after a dramatic rise in passenger numbers over the
last 3 years, annual passenger numbers in Brisbane expected to reach more than 22 million by 2012 and more
than 35 million by 2023.
Brisbane Airport was voted the best airport in the Australia-Pacific region and the airport with the friendliest staff in the world
in the 2008 Skytrax World Airport Awards. In 2009 it was voted the best airport in Australia and again won the friendliest staff award
for the Asia Pacific region. The International terminal has also won the Queensland architecture award. In 2010 it was again voted the
"Best Australian Airport" by Skytrax and made the worlds top 20 airports.
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