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A random luggage search at San Francisco International Airport allegedly uncovered 21kg in methamphetamine en route to Brisbane.

Brisbane woman accused of hauling bags of meth for $15k and a free trip

The 25-year-old was allegedly caught with 21kg of drugs at San Francisco International Airport before she could get home.

  • Sean Parnell

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Brisbane Airport workers will have to pay 820 per cent more than any other commuter to get to and from work.

Airtrain slugs Brisbane Airport workers with 114 per cent fare increase

All Airtrain fares to the airport will more than double next month, with airport workers hit the hardest.

  • Cameron Atfield
Palau, still relatively undiscovered.

Qantas takes off with new ‘paradise express’ route

Australians can hop on this flight from Brisbane to experience a pristine and relatively undiscovered Pacific island getaway.

  • Matt Shea
Electric vehicle at Brisbane Airport, which has achieved net-zero for its ground operations.

Brisbane Airport reaches net-zero milestone

Brisbane Airport is now 100 per cent powered by renewable electricity, having achieved net zero on two of the three metrics – scope one and scope two – used to measure emissions.

  • Cameron Atfield
A ramp worker has been injured on the tarmac at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal about 8pm on Christmas Eve.

Investigations launched after man injured on Brisbane Airport tarmac

The airport ramp worker was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after the incident on Christmas Eve.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Qantas passenger Tudor Vasile filmed the emergency landing of flight QF1929 at Brisbane Airport after the malfunction.

Qantas brake malfunction forces flight into emergency landing at Brisbane Airport

“They were saying ... we have to do an emergency landing. And so imagine everyone on the plane freaking out, thinking, what’s going on?”

  • Rosanna Ryan
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A Senate committee has singled out one flight departing Brisbane as reason for rule changes to reduce aircraft noise.

The 1.55am flight out of Brisbane set to change national noise rules

Targeting the early departure has been recommended as an alternative to a noise curfew at Brisbane Airport. Another proposal could see ticket prices rise.

  • Sean Parnell
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found a Virgin Australia flight wrongly entered, and took off from, a closed section of runway 19L at Brisbane Airport.

Pilots didn’t realise runway was short until they saw traffic cones

The crew of a Boeing 737 departing Brisbane with 169 people on board missed several warnings the runway they were using was partially closed.

  • Sean Parnell
Air India chief executive Campbell Wilson in Brisbane on Thursday.

Queensland woos Air India to open up largest untapped market

India, the world’s most populous nation, has a growing middle class with a taste for travel. Queensland wants to cash in by luring its flagship airline to Brisbane.

  • Cameron Atfield
The future International Terminal at Brisbane Airport has been unveiled, with expanded self-service check-ins and a new dining experience.
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Brisbane Airport terminal revamp coming to attract more services to Queensland

The future International Terminal at Brisbane Airport has been unveiled, with expanded self-service check-ins and a new dining experience.

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