Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Wednesday 30 September 2015

FNQ Yestayear Extra - Cairns International Terminal 25 years on!

This month the Cairns International Terminal celebrates 25 years. On September the 6th 1990 the terminal was officially opened.

In the early years of the International Terminal the following airlines were operating from Cairns and linking Far North Queensland with a new northern International gateway. Schedules offered a selection of destinations with onward connections available from the main Asian hubs. Direct routing to SIN/TYO/KIX/HNL (QF), POM (PX), GUM/HNL (Continental), KIX/TYO (JAL), SIN (SIA), BKK (THAI Int), HKG (Cathay Pacific), KUL (Malaysian), AKL (Air New Zealand), HIR (Solomons), DPS (Garuda), Seoul (Asiana), MBA (Port Moresby).

Qantas Airways, Air Niugini, Continental Airlines, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Air New Zealand, Solomon Airlines, Asiana Airlines, MBA and Garuda Indonesia.

Here is a small tribute with a collection pictures from back in the early 90's.

Thanks to Kim and GAFLIKS for providing a great collection of pictures.


Cairns International Terminal with 3 aerobridges,
Photo by GAFLIKS.


Qantas B747-300 VH-EBN, Photo provided.


Cairns International Terminal with Air Niugini,
Photo by GAFLIKS.

Qantas B747-300 being towed to the International Terminal,
Photo by Kim


Qantas Boeing 747-300 parked at the new Internatinoal Terminal,
Photo by Kim.

Qantas Boeing 767 arriving at the new International Terminal,
Photo by Kim.


Open day at the International Terminal 6 September 1990,
Photo by Kim.

Open day at the International Terminal 6 September 1990,
Photo by Kim.


Airside at the Cairns International Terminal, Photo by Kim.

Cairns International Terminal, Photo by GAFLIKS.
Cairns International Terminal Check-in area,
Photo by GAFLIKS.
















Thanks to Kim and GAFLIKS for providing this exclusive report.

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