Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) has appointed former RAAF Group Captain, Corrie Metz, as the new General Manager of Archerfield Airport.
After serving with the RAAF for just shy of four decades, Metz brings brings extensive airfield and personnel management leadership to Archerfield.
Officially assuming his new role on February 15, Metz said he’s looking forward to the challenges of managing the commercial aspects of a civilian airfield and maximising the potential of Brisbane’s metropolitan airport. And he’ll need to hit the ground running, given that Archerfield is currently in the latter stages of finalising its new Master Plan, which is due late this year and will provide the framework for the next five years of developments at Archerfield.
“The way I see it, we can use the Master Plan to reinvigorate the General Aviation industry and to revitalise Archerfield,” Metz explains. “So my job will be to reinvigorate Archerfield as the second airport for Brisbane and to look at the General Aviation side as well as other opportunities that may present themselves.”
While admitting that GA operations at Archerfield have been somewhat fragmented in recent times, Metz hopes to attract more GA-type business to the airfield. But he also suggested that he wouldn’t shy away from looking beyond aviation for business opportunities.
“We would certainly encourage any GA activity at Archerfield,” he says. “That doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t consider other industries here on the field, but the primary purpose obviously is General Aviation.”
Metz replaces previous Archerfield GM Captain Desmond Ross, who plans to return to Asia to resume his work in aviation management. AAC’s appointment of a new GM comes only a month after Kim Ellis, CEO of Sydney Metro Airports (who operate Bankstown and Camden), announced he’ll be standing down from his position in June after nine years on the job.
Justin Grey