It was intended to be used by the "new Ansett", under ownership of Tesna; however, following the Tesna group's withdrawal of the purchase of Ansett in 2002, the terminal was sold back to Melbourne Airport by Ansett's administrators.
Direncakanan akan digunakan oleh Ansett "Baru", di bawah kepemilikan Tesna – namun setelah pengunduran diri Tesna Group dari usaha pembelian Ansett pada tahun 2002, terminal dijual kembali ke Bandar Udara Melbourne oleh administrator Ansett.