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April 22nd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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A second international airport in Victoria is a step closer, following an agreement between Australia and the Philippines.
The memorandum of understanding will allow Australian and Philippine carriers to operate a daily international service between the Philippines and Avalon Airport.
In October last year, the federal government approved changes to Avalon’s lease arrangement, allowing it to build an international terminal.
Avalon Airport’s chief executive Justin Giddings says more infrastructure is needed for the airport to operate international services.
“There’s different screening for international. You can’t take liquids through for example. So there are some things that we do need to do,” he said.
“But look, (it’s) very exciting. It’s one of our key goals to become international.”
Mr Giddings is hoping the airport can secure agreements with other Asian countries.
“Some of them don’t need those air rights decision because we have an open skies agreement with those countries. So they may be the first,” he said.
“We’re getting a lot closer than what we were 12 months ago.”
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