Sydney Airport sticks with plans for dual use terminals to handle forecast doubling in demand

Sydney Airport's redevelopment plans remain largely unchanged in its revised draft master plan issued on 05-Aug-2012 looking out to 2033. By then total passenger numbers are forecast to have doubled to more than 74 million per year. The airport has also retained plans to establish two separate international and domestic terminal precincts located on opposite sides of the main runway by 2019.

The existing T2 and T3 domestic terminals on the eastern side of the airport will be redeveloped and expanded to also cater for international services including the addition of more A380-capable gates. The T1 international terminal on the western side of the main runway will also be extended to create about four more gates. Both precincts will be equipped with swing gates able to serve domestic and international traffic from the same gate at different times.