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===By plane===
===By plane===
[[File:Qantas 747 Landing.JPG|thumb|A Qantas Boeing 747 landing at [[Sydney Airport]]]]
[[File:Qantas 747 Landing.JPG|thumb|A Qantas Boeing 747 landing at [[Sydney Airport]]]]
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Australia is a long way from anywhere else in the world, so for most visitors
,
the only practical way of getting into Australia is by air.
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Australia is a long way from anywhere else in the world, so for most visitors the only practical way of getting into Australia is by air.
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Approximately half of all
international
travellers arrive
first
in Australia
in
Sydney
,
the
largest
city
, ({{IATA|SYD}}).
Besides Sydney, significant
numbers of travellers also arrive in Australia in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. There are also direct international services into Adelaide, Cairns, Darwin, the Gold Coast and Christmas Island
though these are largely restricted to flights from New Zealand, Oceania, or Southeast Asia
.
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Approximately half of all travellers
first
arrive in Australia
at
Sydney
's
[[Sydney
Airport|Kingsford
Smith Airport]]
,
({{IATA|SYD}}).
Significant
numbers of travellers also arrive in Australia in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. There are also direct international services into Adelaide, Cairns, Darwin, the Gold Coast and Christmas Island.
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To
Sydney
it
is a 3 hour flight from New Zealand, a 7-11 hour flight from countries in Asia, a 14 hour flight from the west of the United States and Canada, a 14 hour flight from [[Johannesburg]], a 13-16 hour flight from [[South America]], and up to a 24+ hour flight from western [[Europe]]. On account of long journey times from some destinations,
Travellers
from Europe must have a stop-over, commonly in [[Singapore Changi Airport|Singapore]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]], [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok]] or [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur]].
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Sydney is a 3 hour flight from
[[Auckland]],
New Zealand, a 7-11 hour flight from
many
countries in Asia, a 14 hour flight from the west of the United States and Canada, a 14 hour flight from [[Johannesburg]], a 13-16 hour flight from [[South America]], and up to a 24+ hour flight from western [[Europe]]. On account of long journey times from some destinations,
travellers
from Europe must have a stop-over, commonly in [[Singapore Changi Airport|Singapore]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]], [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok]] or [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur]].
If you have to change to a domestic flight in a gateway city, [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]], Brisbane and Perth all have distinct domestic terminals, requiring some time and complexity to transit: check the guides. [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]], Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns and the Gold Coast all have gates in the '''one''' terminal building or within easy walking distance of each other.
If you have to change to a domestic flight in a gateway city, [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]], Brisbane and Perth all have distinct domestic terminals, requiring some time and complexity to transit: check the guides. [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]], Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns and the Gold Coast all have gates in the '''one''' terminal building or within easy walking distance of each other.
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Discount airlines
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Some routes into Australia are operated by '''[[
Discount airlines
in Australasia|discount airlines]]''' such as AirAsia X, AirAsia Indonesia, Scoot, [http://www.tigerairways.com Tiger Airways] and [http://www.jetstar.com Jetstar Airways].
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Some routes into Australia are operated by discount airlines. These can often be combined with other fares to make getting to Australia cheaper. Select your point of entry and exit to give you a cheaper round-trip, and possibly some interesting stopover opportunities on the way.
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* '''AirAsia X''', flies into the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth from Kuala Lumpur, at often deeply discounted fares. You can save money from Europe if having a stopover in [[Malaysia]]. Sometimes this is possible by also stopping in Bangkok.
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* '''AirAsia Indonesia''' flies into Perth from [[Denpasar]], [[Indonesia]]
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* '''Scoot''' flies from Singapore to Sydney and the Gold Coast.
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* '''[http://www.tigerairways.com Tiger Airways]''' flies from Singapore to Perth.
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* '''[http://www.jetstar.com Jetstar Airways]''' flies to [[Hawaii]], [[Nadi]], [[New Zealand]] and several Asian destinations, including Singapore, Denpasar, Bangkok, [[Osaka]], [[Tokyo]], [[Jakarta]], [[Manila]], and [[Phuket]]. Jetstar's international flights operate into Perth, Darwin, Cairns, Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. The airline's Asian subsidiary also operates a large network throughout South-East Asia from its base in Singapore.
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* '''Virgin Australia''' - no longer considered to be a low-cost carrier, but still has occasional sales to compete with rival discount airlines. The airline flies to Denpasar, Phuket, Christmas Island, Abu Dhabi, New Zealand, [[Tonga]], Nadi, [[Apia]], and [[Los Angeles]].
===By boat===
===By boat===