Brisbane Airport

Transfer from Brisbane Domestic Terminal to Brisbane International Terminal seamless. Quick ride across on Airtrain link. Check-in at Qantas was fast with only a short queue. However a long queue was encountered at customs which resulted in a half an hour 'crawl' to the customs officer. Customs officer was polite and at this time every customs station was manned. Another 20 minute wait to pass through security. It appears that queues form in the morning (as I encountered) but afternoons are quite relaxed as shown when arriving at 4.30PM. Quick check through immigration and customs again with polite customs staff. Bags quick to be out on carousel. Departing from aircraft to leaving terminal would have been 25 minutes. Prefer Brisbane and Melbourne International Airports over Sydney.

Checked in on line so went to bag drop & then to security check all in 5 minutes. Arrival - walked from plane to baggage claim to find bags already on belt. Good variety of shopping/eating outlets for domestic terminal. The only failure is the airtrain. It doesnt run after 8pm & with many domestic flights arriving & departing after this plus international departures it would make sense to run it longer as it offers a good service.

Brisbane Airport - inbound international - we were lucky at customs as we were at the back of a long queue when a friendly customs official starting checking from the back and cleared us through really quickly. Once outside though the scrum to get a lift to the car park was dreadful. Outbound international - we decided to use the train (a long slow journey and not an "express" by any stretch of the imagination) which did take us straight to the terminal. Once inside and checked in went through to departures but were disappointed in two things - no lounge in International accepting Priority Pass and the standard and spread of offering of catering was poor - not much better than Bristol.

Entry through Brisbane International was simple fast and with no problems. Immigration staff very friendly informative and dealt efficiently with a smile on their faces! A nice welcome to Australia especially in the evening - thank you. Exiting was a similar pleasure - no problems friendly staff varied selection of retail outlets fairly priced. This must be one of the easiest airports to exit with a hire car. Thank you to the lady at Red Spot who said I could follow her out of the airport to the motorway - nice touch. In conclusion a quality airport

Cleared passport control in 10 minutes despite a JAL 747 arriving at the same time and my bag was quickly on the baggage belt. Bought a return Air Train ticket to Roma Street station for $24 and checked in to the hotel just over an hour after landing. The domestic terminal for my onward flight to Darwin was very busy with a massive queue for the bag drop off desk. Once through security there were plenty of seats and a reasonable choice of shops and dinning options.

Used the Domestic terminal the Qantas area. Just a quick credit to Qantas as well as BNE airport here the 'Quick Check' kiosks are very good and there are lots of them. It was very easy and took me 45 seconds to check in. Just a tip the Bag Drop line can be very long! Security was not an issue. They did there job I did mine no one got 'hurt'. I dont see why so many people complain on security when they are doing there job. I have gone through Brisbane a few times Domestic and International and I have never had a problem with security. Up stairs after security Plenty of shops all open (it was 2pm anyway) with your pick of coffees Subway Pies also a Newsagent with nearly everything in it for the flight. Toilets were very clean a credit to the cleaning staff at the airport everything was clean. But once I had to go up to the concourse to my gate there was only one little coffee shop with big prices. At those gate areas it was a large area with a good area to watch the planes take off and land. Im starting to find this airport easier and more comfortable than Sydney in some ways. Anyway good airport with good clean facilities.

BNE international. Once my favourite airport. I arrived at the same time as a number of other flights. Not enough immigration officers on duty so 25 min wait. Rude and unpleasant. Luggage collection - another 15 mins. Tried to report missing luggage but no one there anyway. 25 min wait for customs. A long line with Japanese tourists having no idea what to do and being yelled at by immigration staff in English. Nice welcome. Staff in food and drink area told me long waits are normal as are complaints. Will use SYD in future.

BNE domestic. Getting a bit crowded these days with passengers and looking a bit worn. Last air train during the week/weekend leaves at around 7pm from the city. To bad if you have a later flight. Toilets in the terminal building need some attention. Upstairs in the gate areas the food or lack of it is bad with the mere basics at crazy prices with less choice. No real loungers apart from 2 in the Aromours coffee lounge area.

Note that there are no busses or trains departing Brisbane city for the airport after about 7.00pm. I just found out about this the hard way.

Just came back from a stay in Japan. I departed and arrived in BNE. Going out immigration was a breeze and all the shops were open at 6 am but the coffee shop before immigration is way overpriced. Shops after formalities are good. A little overpriced but hey its a airport! Got on the flight easy. Comiming home the signage was clearly posted. "Transat go to the left Customs go to the right" It was time consuming going through Passport control and customs. After customs and in the arrival hall not much is on offer. Only Currency exchange and car hire desks. Good little airport but could use a few more shops after arrival!