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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]
The airport is a major hub for both Qantas and Virgin Australia, and home base for Jetstar and cargo airlines Qantas Freight and Team Global Express. Avalon Airport (IATA: AVV, ICAO: YMAV) is located to the south-west, outside the city of Geelong, and is the next most prominent airport with Jetstar.
The first stage of construction on a new Tullamarine By-pass Road [8] was completed in the 1965/66 financial year, between Mickleham Road and "the Tullamarine Jetport Terminal area" (Melbourne Airport), [8] with the initial 4.5-mile (7.2 km) section between Tullamarine Airport and Lancefield Road at the north-western corner of Essendon Airport ...
Melbourne Airport, located in the north-western suburb of Tullamarine, is Australia's second-busiest airport. It serves over 30 airlines and 22 million international and domestic passengers annually. [51] The airport is a hub for passenger airlines Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia, and cargo airlines Qantas Freight and Toll Priority.
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas , created in response to the threat posed by the airline Virgin Blue (now known as Virgin Australia ).
Airport Drive starts at the intersection of Grants and Centre Road at Melbourne Airport, just south of Terminal 4, running east as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road past the Long Term Parking lot, turning south-east past more car parks and Airport service companies, before turning south along a wide alignment (to incorporate a future railway link to the airport) to the intersection with ...
It is located next to the intersection of the Tullamarine and Calder Freeways, in the north western suburb of Essendon Fields of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The airport is the closest to Melbourne's City Centre, approximately an 11 km (6.8 mi) drive north-west from it and 8 km (5.0 mi) south-east from Melbourne–Tullamarine Airport .
The airport, which comprises four terminals, [264] is the home base for passenger airline Jetstar and cargo airlines Australian airExpress and Team Global Express, and is a major hub for Qantas and Virgin Australia. Avalon Airport, located between Melbourne and Geelong, is a secondary hub of Jetstar. It is also used as a freight and maintenance ...