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Departure lounge at Dubbo Airport post refurbishment
Coordinates: 32°13′9″S, 148°34′28″E Dubbo City Airport (IATA: DBO, ICAO: YSDU) is an airport in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
[edit] History
Airplanes began landing in Dubbo in the 1920s, though it wasn't until 1935 that land was purchased for an official airport. During World War II, the airport was reconstructed to be a military airport. The airport runway was redone by the Department of Civil Aviation in 1969, and a terminal was opened in 1970. The Dubbo City Countil accepted ownership of the airport on July 1, 1970. The airport has been used for scheduled, charter, and freight services since then. In 2007, approximately 855,000 people used the airport, and the number of passengers is expected to increase.
[edit] Airlines and Destinations
[edit] Virgin Blue
Dubbo was one of the twenty destinations looked at by Virgin Blue for services to Sydney using its new Embraer aircraft. [1] As of May 2008, Virgin Blue has not announced the launch of services to Dubbo. When Virgin Blue launched an advertising campaign for their Velocity Rewards scheme, they said "Why take a holiday in Dubbo when you've been dying to go to Vanuatu?". The city took offence at this statement saying that it was portraying Dubbo as a boring place. This incident occurred during the time of scouting. Virgin Blue withdrew the ad and apologised. [2]
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