North Queensland Airports (NQA)

North Queensland Airports owns and operates Cairns and Mackay Airports. As a company responsible for these vital pieces of regional infrastructure, NQA plays a major role in the prosperity and development of the regions it serves. NQA strives to work in partnership with its communities, stakeholders, employees and shareholders and is committed to building prosperity through investment and development, which in turn facilitates regional economic growth in North Queensland.

The North Queensland Airports Group is privately owned and held by a consortia of shareholders which include: IIF Cairns Mackay Investment Ltd (IIF) (which is managed by JP Morgan Asset Management), TIF Airports Pty Ltd as trustee of the TIF Airports Trust (TIF) (which is managed by Gardior Pty Ltd) and Perron Airports Holdings Pty Ltd (Perron).
Cairns Airport

Cairns Airport is one of Australia's leading regional airports, providing air links to a variety of regional, domestic, and international destinations. Pre-COVID, Cairns Airport welcomed over 5 million passengers per year. Described as 'descending into paradise', Cairns Airport is the gateway to the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef and Tropical Rainforests of North Queensland and is widely recognised as one of the most significant economic drivers of the region.

Cairns Airport offers direct domestic flights to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Townsville, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, Whitsunday Coast, Toowoomba and other various regional centres across North Queensland. Pre-COVID, Cairns was Australia's seventh busiest for international passengers with direct flights from Auckland, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Shenzhen, Bali and Port Moresby.

Cairns Airport completed a $55 million Domestic Terminal Upgrade in 2020. The new-look terminal provides an improved passenger experience and instantly connect travellers to Tropical North Queensland. The terminal upgrade saw the departure lounge double in size to 10,000sqm and now boasts more local produce, giftware and iconic local and national brands than ever before. Cairns Airport also invested $18million in a runway overlay project in 2020 to safe-guard operations and growth for years to come.