Canberra International Airport (IATA: CBR, ICAO: YSCB), now trading as Canberra Airport, is the airport serving Australia's capital city, Canberra, and the city of Queanbeyan, NSW. Located at the eastern edge of North Canberra, it is the 8th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is the main base for Brindabella Airlines. Although there are no current international flight services, Air Pacific briefly offered a service to Fiji in 2004. Canberra Airport is managed and operated by the Canberra Airport Group Pty Ltd. The airport serves flights to and from domestic destinations, mainly in eastern Australia. Canberra Airport handled 3,240,848 passengers in financial year 2011. Since 2009, the Canberra Airport Main Terminal is being replaced in a major redevelopment set for completion in 2012. The southern extension of the new terminal was completed in November 2010, with the western extension under construction.
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