Travel Australia

Travel Australia By Air

Because it is such a big country, air travel is very popular in Australia and is often the only way to go from one place and another within the same day. Australia has four major interstate 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.

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

Melbourne – Adelaide: 1 hr. 20 minutes
Melbourne – Perth: 4 hours 10 minutes
Melbourne – Brisbane: 2 hours 10 minutes
Melbourne – Gold Coast: 2 hours 5 minutes
Melbourne – Sunshine Coast: 2 hours 15 minutes
Melbourne – Alice Springs: 2 hours 55 minutes

Brisbane – Sydney: 1 hour 25 minutes
Brisbane – Melbourne: 2 hours 10 minutes
Brisbane – Darwin: 3 hours 45 minutes
Brisbane – Cairns: 2 hours 25 minutes
Brisbane – Townsville: 1 hr. 40 minutes
Brisbane – Hobart: (direct – limited flights per day) 2 hours 35 min.
Brisbane – Hobart: (via Sydney or Melbourne) 4 hours 10 min.

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
Hobart – Sydney 1 hour 55 min.
Hobart – Brisbane (direct – limited flights per day) 2 hours 35 min.
Hobart – Brisbane (via Sydney or Melbourne) 4 hours 10 min.
Hobart – Perth (via Melbourne) 4 hours 15 min.
Hobart – Adelaide (via Melbourne) 2 hours 35 min.
Hobart – Darwin (via Melbourne or Sydney) 7 hours 15 min.

Launceston – Sydney (via Melbourne) 3 hours 5 min.
Launceston – Melbourne 1 hour 35 min.
Launceston – Flinders Island (Sharp Airlines) 35 min.
Launceston – King Island (Sharp Airlines) 1 hour 35 min.

King Isld – Sydney (via Melbourne) 3 hours 5 min.
King Isld -Launceston (Sharp Airlines) 1 hour 35 min.
King Isld -Wynyard (Sharp Airlines) 45 minutes
King Isld -Melbourne (Regional Express) 55 minutes

Flinders Isld – Melbourne (Sharp Airlines) 1 hour 5 min.
Flinders Isld – Launceston (Sharp Airlines) 35 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

International

Sydney – London: 22 hours
Sydney – Frankfurt: 22 hours
Sydney – Dubai: 14 hours 25 minutes
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 – Auckland: 3 hours
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

Melbourne – Dubai: 14 hrs 5 minutes
Melbourne – London: 22 hrs 20 minutes
Melbourne – Paris: 22 hrs 25 minutes
Melbourne – New York: 21 hrs 25 minutes
Melbourne – Los Angeles: 14 hrs 20 minutes
Melbourne – Wellington: 3 hrs 30 minutes