Editing Hobart (section)

===Air===
[[File:Hobart International Airport, Tasmania.jpg|thumb|[[Hobart Airport]] terminal]]
Hobart is served by [[Hobart Airport]] with flights to/from Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and regional destinations including the Bass Strait islands. The smaller [[Cambridge Aerodrome]] mainly serves small charter airlines offering local tourist flights. In the past decade, Hobart International Airport received a huge upgrade, with the airport now being a first class airport facility.

In 2009, it was announced that Hobart Airport would receive more upgrades, including a first floor, aerobridges (currently, passengers must walk on the tarmac) and shopping facilities. Possible new international flights to Asia and New Zealand, and possible new domestic flights to Darwin and Cairns have been proposed. A second runway, possibly to be constructed in the next 15 years, would assist with growing passenger numbers to Hobart. Hobart Control Tower may be renovated and fitted with new radar equipment, and the airport's carpark may be extended further. Also, new facilities will be built just outside the airport. A new service station, hotel and day care centre have already been built and the road leading to the airport has been maintained and re-sealed. In 2016, work began on a 500-metre extension of the existing runway in addition to a $100&nbsp;million upgrade of the airport. The runway extension is expected to allow international flights to land and increase air-traffic with [[Antarctica]]. This upgrade was, in part, funded under a promise made during the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 federal election]] by the Abbott government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/airport-runway-extension-works-under-way/news-story/6c6c0bbbfa533ce4b487b32956d37600 |title=Airport works under way |first=Nick |last=Clark |date=September 9, 2016 |newspaper=The Mercury |access-date=2017-09-09 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913025841/http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/airport-runway-extension-works-under-way/news-story/6c6c0bbbfa533ce4b487b32956d37600 |url-status=live }}</ref>