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Airport Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce our continued partnership with Darwin Entertainment Centre as a sponsor of the Garrmalang Festival and Garrmalang Presents programs for 2025. This year’s Garrmalang Festival is a retrospective celebration of 10 years, set to be held on Saturday 21 June and promising to be a powerful celebration of First Nations voices, featuring: Our Elders – a storytelling event with Larrakia Elders, Garrmalang Retrospective Photographic Exhibition – displayed for two months and Dan Sultan with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra – a concert event showcasing the best of First Nations and local talent.
Airport Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce that Darwin International Airport (DIA) has received a Silver Award in the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) Green Airports Recognition 2025, under the category of airports handling fewer than 6 million passengers annually. This is ADG’s third Green Airports Award in four years (2022, 2024 & 2025).
Today marks a milestone for Alice Springs and Far North Queensland as Airnorth’s inaugural direct flight between Alice Springs and Cairns becomes a reality, opening up exciting opportunities for tourism, business, and investment. The new service, operating three times per week, is touching down in Alice Springs this afternoon. This service strengthens links between two of Australia’s most iconic regions, offering more than 30,000 seats annually and enhancing domestic and international itineraries.
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ADG Community Grants Program Round Three Now Open 15/05/2025ADG Community Grants Program Round Three Now Open
Airport Development Group (ADG) is pleased to announce that applications for Round Three of the ADG Community Grants Program are open today, Thursday 15 May 2025 and close on Friday 27 May 2025 (ACST). -
Darwin International Airport and Australian Federal Police join forces to promote respectful and safe travel 16/04/2025Darwin International Airport and Australian Federal Police join forces to promote respectful and safe travel
As we approach one of the busiest travel days of the year with the Easter break, Airport Development Group (ADG), together with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), is reinforcing its joint commitment to ensuring a safe, respectful, and welcoming travel environment for all passengers, as incidents of intoxicated and unruly behaviour continue to raise concerns across the aviation sector. -
Darwin International Airport recognised in 2025 Green Airports Recognition for Sustainable Energy Excellence 16/04/2025Darwin International Airport recognised in 2025 Green Airports Recognition for Sustainable Energy Excellence
Airport Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce that Darwin International Airport (DIA) has received a Silver Award in the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) Green Airports Recognition 2025, under the category of airports handling fewer than 6 million passengers annually. This is ADG’s third Green Airports Award in four years (2022, 2024 & 2025). -
Connecting Central Australia to tropical Far North Queensland becomes a reality 14/04/2025Connecting Central Australia to tropical Far North Queensland becomes a reality
Today marks a milestone for Alice Springs and Far North Queensland as Airnorth’s inaugural direct flight between Alice Springs and Cairns becomes a reality, opening up exciting opportunities for tourism, business, and investment. -
Future-Proofing the Barkly: Airport Development Group Unveils Concept plan for Tennant Creek Aviation and Accommodation Hub 11/04/2025Future-Proofing the Barkly: Airport Development Group Unveils Concept plan for Tennant Creek Aviation and Accommodation Hub
Airport Development Group (ADG) recognises the strategic importance of the Barkly region; in particular the vast energy resources of the Beetaloo, the current and future development of critical minerals and rare earths, and the potential need for a logistics hub to support Northern Australia’s Defence requirements.
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