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Archerfield Airport welcomed a host of dignitaries, including the Premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palaszczuk, on Sunday April 26 for a major announcement regarding government funding for vital aeromedical services.
Together with the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services, Cameron Dick, the Premier announced a $56 million extension of CareFlight’s contract with Queensland Health to provide doctors to transport sick patients from remote Queensland to major hospitals. This initiative will ensure that people living in the outback will continue to have access to high quality medical facilities.
CareFlight provides world-leading retrieval medicine services and specialises in the recruitment, training and provision of frontline critical care doctors and medical support staff for air medical retrieval from nine locations across Queensland. CareFlight Retrieval Medicine Ltd has had the Queensland Government contract to fly to remote areas since 2004, and the current contract (now renewed till 2019) was due to expire in February next year.
The Premier said: “Last year alone, more than 4,000 sick people in outback Queensland were seen by CareFlight doctors. That’s more than 10 patients a day. People out west face a completely different set of circumstances to those in the city, and Queensland is such a large state that the distance to a hospital or even a doctor can be quite daunting. My government is committed to providing all Queensland with access to high quality treatment, wherever they live.”
PHOTO: Specialist CareFlight staff conduct a demonstration for the Premier and the Minister for Health at the media announcement at CareFlight's Archerfield Airport facility.
The Red Spoon Cafe – Fast, Fresh, Delicious
Food is an absolute passion and we are so excited to have an opportunity to share our culinary repertoire with the airfield.
At the Red Spoon, we want our customers to be immersed in the Parisian delicatessen atmosphere. Counter tops will be flowing with gourmet cakes, biscuits, sweets and slices. We aim for fast, friendly service. We understand that society is conscious of their diets today so The Red Spoon Cafe will provide large selections of gourmet salads, baguettes, sandwiches, home-style curries and lasagnes. Our incredible burgers and sweet potato fries will satisfy the hungriest customers. We believe in high quality ingredients and we will cater for vegetarians and gluten free clientele. And of course, we serve the best coffee in town!
Proudly opening on the 27th April 2015, 6am – 3pm.
"I look forward to seeing you then! Bronny"
Media Release - Sinkhole Leads to Urgent Repairs to Archerfield Airport Runway
(13/03/15)
Urgent repairs were carried out on a grass runway at Archerfield Airport this week following the sudden formation of a 2m by 3m by 5m deep sinkhole.
Inspection of the sinkhole revealed an underground structure comprising ironbark shoring and several iron rods. These are believed to be the remnants of a windmill built in the mid 1850s to provide a water supply for ‘The Willows’, the original homestead that stood on the airport site.
Media Release - New GM for Archerfield Airport, Heather Mattes
(24/02/15)
Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) has appointed Heather Mattes as the new General Manager of Archerfield Airport.
Mrs Mattes’ appointment follows the recent retirement of former GM Corrie Metz, and is the first time a woman has led the operation and development of Brisbane’s metropolitan general aviation airport.
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$4M Aviation Student Accommodation Complex Opens at Archerfield Airport (09/10/14)
Pilot training in Queensland received a major boost today with the opening of a $4 million Aviation Student Accommodation Complex (ASAC) at Archerfield Airport.
Queensland’s Assistant Minister for Planning Reform, Rob Molhoek, officially opened the fully refurbished, two-storey building at 9 Grenier Drive. A first for the airport, the complex will accommodate up to 40 aviation students and support a major growth sector at Archerfield. Currently, 10 airport tenants conduct pilot training and aviation-related courses – and the provision of modern onsite accommodation for interstate and overseas aviation students will establish Archerfield as one of Australia’s key flight training centres.
The G20 Summit will see the leaders of the G20 nations congregate in Brisbane in November. Understandably, the security for the Summit is of prime concern to the Australian government. As a result, it has been necessary to put in place procedures at airports that will enable authorities to manage the risk and control the security situation.
Consequently, operations at Archerfield Airport will be affected over the period. The procedures to be implemented can be found in various publications, including AIP Supp H62/14 effective 11 Nov 2014, a G20 Fact Sheet dated August 2014 and the Archer Tower Bulletin dated September 2014. The publications can be found below, however, operators should check to ensure they have the latest information available through Airservices Australia.
It is anticipated that the G20 Task Force will conduct a mass briefing on Saturday 1st November 2014.
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