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Melbourne Airport was originally called "Melbourne International Airport". It is at Tullamarine, a name derived from the indigenous name Tullamareena. [17] Locally, the airport is commonly referred to as Tullamarine or simply as Tulla to distinguish the airport from the other three Melbourne airports: Avalon, Essendon and Moorabbin. [21] [22]
It was a municipal airport until 1967 when the city created the Melbourne Airport Authority to plan, operate, maintain, and develop the airport, [citation needed] then called Melbourne Municipal Airport. The name was Cape Kennedy Regional Airport and city officials changed the name to Melbourne Regional Airport in 1973 to better reflect its role.
Melbourne Airport (IATA: MEL, ICAO: YMML) is located in Tullamarine to the north-west of the city. It is Melbourne's major international airport. It is by far the busiest airport serving the city with domestic flights to every state and territory of Australia, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America and South America.
Melbourne Airport or Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, also listed by some airlines as Melbourne Tullamarine, the major international airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (IATA: MEL) Melbourne Airport, Victoria, the suburb in which the Australian airport is located
In May, California’s “Metropolitan Oakland International” changed its name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” – despite the fact that San Francisco International ...
A Republican proposal to change the name of Washington Dulles International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport deserves the scrutiny it has received so far, writes Jay Parini.
The university and airport authority believe the name change will also better reflect the airport’s service area, the investment in the economic development of the county and the available ...
Essendon became Australia's second, and Melbourne's first, international airport in February 1950. The airport was renamed Melbourne Airport, [9] and the first international commercial flight arrived from New Zealand a year later. In the 1950s Essendon Airport was too small for the larger pure jets, such as the Boeing 707. The airport was ...