Editing Transport in Australia (section)

==Aviation==
[[File:ABS-3401.0-OverseasArrivalsDeparturesAustralia-TotalMovementArrivals CategoryMovement-NumberMovements-TotalArrivals-A1830887L.svg|thumb|right|Total monthly arrivals to Australia since 1976]]
{{main|Aviation in Australia}}{{further|List of the busiest airports in Australia}}
[[Image:Tullamarine International terminal Vabre-1.jpg|thumb|[[Melbourne Airport]]]]
[[Image:Sydneyairportt1airlines.JPG|thumb|[[Sydney Airport]]]]
[[File:Qantas A380 VH-OQB Sydney.jpg|thumbnail|[[Qantas]] [[Airbus A380]] taking off at [[Sydney Airport]]]]

[[Qantas]] is the flag carrier of Australia. [[Australian National Airways]] was the predominant domestic carrier from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. After [[World War II]], Qantas was nationalised and its domestic operations were transferred to [[Trans Australia Airlines]] in 1946. The [[Two Airlines Policy]] was formally established in 1952 to ensure the viability of both airlines. However, ANA's leadership was quickly eroded by TAA, and it was acquired by [[Ansett Airways]] in 1957. The duopoly continued for the next four decades. In the mid-1990s TAA was merged with Qantas and later privatised. Ansett collapsed in September 2001. In the following years, [[Virgin Australia]] became a challenger to Qantas. Both companies launched low-cost subsidiaries [[Jetstar]] and [[Tigerair Australia]] respectively.

Overseas flights from Australia to the United Kingdom via the [[Eastern Hemisphere]] are known as the [[Kangaroo Route]], whereas flights via the [[Western Hemisphere]] are known as the [[Southern Cross Route]]. In 1948, the first commercial flight from Australia to Africa was flown by Qantas, launching what is known as the [[Wallaby Route]].<ref name="QFWallaby">{{Citation |title=Qantas celebrates 60 years of flying to South Africa |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknaFqiecU |access-date=2023-04-24 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Flight1952">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQ8nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA78 |title=Flight: The Aircraft Engineer |date=1952 |publisher=IPC Transport Press Limited |pages=78 |language=en |chapter=Indian Ocean Route - Qantas to Fly Direct Australia{{!}}South Africa Services: Cocos Base Re-constructed}}</ref> In 1954, the first flight from Australia to North America was completed, as a 60-passenger Qantas aircraft connected Sydney with [[San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco]] and [[Vancouver International Airport|Vancouver]], having fuel stops at Fiji, Canton Island and Hawaii. In November 1982, a [[Pan Am]] [[Boeing 747SP|747SP]] flew the first non-stop commercial flight from [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]] to Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vol. 102 No. 5339 (9 Nov 1982) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1453280867 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> Airport transfer provides a seamless and efficient transportation solution for travelers.<ref name="macseventscharter">{{cite web |last1=Harison |first1=James |title=Airport Transport Perth |url=https://macseventscharter.com.au/airport-transfer-perth/ |website=macseventscharter |publisher=James Harison |access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> A non-stop flight between Australia and Europe was first completed in March 2018 from Perth to London.

There are many airports around Australia paved or unpaved. A 2004 estimate put the number of airports at 448. The busiest airports in Australia are:

# [[Sydney Airport]] Sydney, New South Wales SYD
# [[Melbourne Airport]] Melbourne, Victoria MEL
# [[Brisbane Airport]] Brisbane, Queensland BNE
# [[Perth Airport]] Perth, Western Australia PER
# [[Adelaide Airport]] Adelaide, South Australia ADL
# [[Gold Coast Airport]] Gold Coast, Queensland OOL
# [[Cairns Airport]] Cairns, Queensland CNS
# [[Canberra Airport]] Canberra, Australian Capital Territory CBR
# [[Hobart Airport]] Hobart, Tasmania HBA
# [[Darwin International Airport]], Northern Territory DRW
# [[Townsville Airport]] Townsville, Queensland TSV

===Airports with paved runways===
There are 305 airports with paved runways:<ref name="CIA - the World Factbook">{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607060922/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | archive-date=7 June 2007 | title=CIA - the World Factbook }}</ref>
*Over {{convert|3,047|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 10
*{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 12
*{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 131
*{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 139
*Under {{convert|914|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 13 (2004 estimate)

===Airports with unpaved runways===
There are 143 airports with unpaved runways:<ref name="CIA - the World Factbook"/>
*{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 17
*{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 112
*Under {{convert|914|m|ft|abbr=on}}: 14 (2004 estimate)