A further controversy erupted in 2006, when Air Canada Jazz lost access to terminal space at the airport.
The immigration and customs area occupies 9,500 sq. metre of terminal space.
Terminal 3 also added an additional 21 jet bridges and nearly 106,000 square meters of new terminal space.
In 2006, Jazz lost access to terminal space at the airport and was forced out of the airport.
But the port can expand only by moving many more containers over the same terminal space.
Early 1980s: By now, annual passenger numbers had increased to 30 million, and required more terminal space.
In 2011, additional terminal space was added and existing terminals were refreshed as part of a $543 million expansion project.
The main terminal space has been eliminated, and has been replaced by the common equipment room.
Then Lucian turned and walked across the empty terminal space without looking back.
It also gave Virgin access to terminal space without which growth would have been significantly limited.