The Gold Coast Bulletin, 18 Nov 2006
INDY and the school holidays have combined to push the Gold Coast Airport to record heights.
The airport has broken its monthly record for domestic passengers, while recording its second-highest figure for all passengers.
There were 324,730 domestic passengers through the airport in October, 2306 more than the previous record, set in January.
Overall, there were 340,264 passenger movements through the airport in October, about 11,000 higher than the same time in 2005.
The passenger movements record is 352,393, also set in January.
Queensland Airports managing director Dennis Chant attributed the October result to the combination of Indy and the school holidays.
The company also owns the smaller Townsville and Mt Isa airports and the combined throughput for all three in October -- 475,698 passengers -- was also a record, breaking the previous mark of 457,045 set in January.
