Brisbane Airport’s New Runway Spells End of Holding Pattern

Brisbane Airport’s New Runway Spells End of Holding Pattern
Qantas Airways plane takes off at Sydney Airport in Sydney on March 19, 2020. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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It may be years before Australia’s aviation industry is fully operational again, but when it ramps-up Brisbane passengers will not have to contend with time-zapping holding patterns and tarmac wait-times ever again.

The opening of a new runway on July 12 will double Brisbane Airport’s capacity for aircraft movements.