Aviation
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has the following air transport responsibilities:
- administering the contracted air services network throughout western and northern Queensland
- administering the Regional Airport Development Scheme to assist local governments to upgrade airports in regional and remote Queensland – this includes new services under the local fare scheme in Cape York and Torres Strait
- an Integrated Development Assessment Scheme (IDAS) concurrence role in assessing development in the vicinity of certain airports and aviation facilities (consistent with State Planning Policy 1/02)
- input into airport master planning
- recognising aviation in Regional Planning and Local Government Planning Schemes
- representing the state on the Federal Standing Committee on Transport's (SCOT) Aviation Working Group (AWG).
Contact us regarding any questions you have about aviation in Queensland.
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Last updated: 23 February 2012
