David Hedges

Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) is an accomplished airport operator. QAL is an Australian-owned, Queensland-based company, that operates Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach Airports. As part of its portfolio, QAL also owns the Northern Australian Aerospace Centre of Excellence (NAACEX) in Townsville. Our airport and aviation services group achieves operational excellence through a long-term commitment to regional investment, sustainable growth, regional partnerships and innovative strategy. As a group, we are passionate about finding innovative ways to achieve sustainable passenger growth that will not only benefit shareholders but benefit the regional communities we serve, our environment and our business partners. A definite ‘hands on’ approach to long term growth in air access and profitability to all partners is pivotal to QAL's operations.