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Getting Around: BY AIR

Australia has four major airlines plus a number of smaller regional carriers. The main airlines are the long-established Qantas, Jetstar, Tiger Airways and Virgin Australia. Qantas has the most extensive flight network followed by Virgin Blue and Jetstar. Tiger Airways is the new kid on the block having started service in November 2007. All four airlines have relatively young fleets.
Regional Express, also known as Rex Airlines, is Australia’s main regional airline. Rex flies to around 35 regional destinations in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Australian Air Travel Times

Times quoted are minimum travel times for direct flights according to carriers' timetables. Times vary from carrier to carrier. For indirect flights involving connections through other airports to complete a journey, extra time must be added. Times quoted are airport to airport flight times, and do not include land travel to and from airports.

National

  • Sydney - Brisbane: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Sydney - Sunshine Coast: 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Sydney - Gold Coast: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Sydney - Whitsunday Islands (Proserpine): 4 hours 40 minutes via Brisbane
  • Sydney - Whitsunday Islands (Hamilton Island): 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Norfolk Island: 4 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Cairns: 3 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Darwin: 6 hours (8 hours via Brisbane)
  • Sydney - Perth: 5 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Adelaide: 2 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Melbourne: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Hobart: 1 hour 55 minutes
  • Sydney - Broome: 9 hours 40 minutes via Perth
  • Sydney - Dubbo: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Darwin - Melbourne: 4 hours 40 minutes
  • Darwin - Alice Springs: 2 hours
  • Darwin - Adelaide: 3 hours 35 minutes
  • Darwin - Perth: 3 hours 55 minutes
  • Darwin - Brisbane: 3 hours 45 minutes
  • Hobart - Melbourne: 1 hr. 15 minutes
  • Melbourne - Adelaide: 1 hr. 20 minutes
  • Melbourne - Perth: 4 hours 10 minutes
  • Melbourne - Gold Coast: 2 hours 5 minutes
  • Melbourne - Sunshine Coast: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Melbourne - Alice Springs: 2 hours 55 minutes
  • Perth - Broome: 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - Darwin: 3 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - Alice Springs: 2 hours 40 minutes
  • Perth - Adelaide: 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Cairns - Brisbane: 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Cairns - Melbourne: 3 hours 15 minutes
  • Townsville - Brisbane: 1 hr. 40 minutes

International:

  • Sydney - Auckland: 3 hours
  • Sydney - London: 22 hours
  • Sydney - Frankfurt: 22 hours
  • Sydney - New York: 21 hours
  • Sydney - Los Angeles: 13 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Toronto: 21 hours
  • Sydney - Vancouver: 12 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Honolulu: 7 hours 5 minutes
  • Sydney - Nadi: 3 hours 45 minutes
  • Sydney - Singapore: 7 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Hong Kong: 5 hours 50 minutes
  • Sydney - Bangkok: 7 hours 40 minutes
  • Sydney - Dempasar (Bali): 7 hours 35 minutes
  • Sydney - Kula Lumpur: 7 hours 30 minutes
  • Sydney - Johannesburg: 14 hours 10 minutes
  • Sydney - Santiago: 17 hours 10 minutes
  • Perth - Johannesburg: 10 hours 20 minutes
  • Perth - Singapore: 5 hours 25 minutes
  • Perth - London: 20 hours 45 minutes
  • Darwin - Singapore: 4 hours 20 minutes

Australian Airports

Aviation Related Organisations & Bodies

Misc. Aircraft and Air Travel Links

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