Editing Geelong (section)

===Avalon Airport===
[[File:Jetstar a320 VH-VQY at Avalon Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Jetstar]] aircraft at [[Avalon Airport]]]]
[[Avalon Airport]] is located about {{Convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-east of the city of Geelong in the suburb of Avalon. It was established in 1953 for the production of military aircraft.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.meinhardt.com.au/newsdeskdetail.php?nid=84 
 |title=Avalon Hangar Conversion for Qantas? Skybed Fit-Out Adds to Meinhardt Aviation Portfolio 
 |date=10 December 2003 
 |work=Meinhardt website 
 |access-date=2007-12-18 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829150256/http://www.meinhardt.com.au/newsdeskdetail.php?nid=84 
 |archive-date=29 August 2007 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> It was also used for the repair of commercial aircraft, and for pilot training. Avalon Airport has also been home to low-cost airline [[Jetstar]] since 2004.<ref name="jetstar">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.jetstar.com/pdf/news/20040601.pdf
 |archive-url  = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080409224611/http://www.jetstar.com/pdf/news/20040601.pdf
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-date = 9 April 2008
 |title        = History made as Avalon Airport welcomes first Jetstar flight
 |work         = Jetstar website
 |date         = 1 June 2004
 |access-date   = 2007-12-18
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> Flights to Sydney use the airport and in June 2015, Jetstar announced it would fly to the Gold Coast daily from Avalon Airport commencing October 2015. Avalon Airport is the venue for 'Thunder Down Under' [[Australian International Airshow]] every other year.

Avalon Airport had international flights with [[AirAsia X]] to and from Kuala Lumpur and [[Citilink]] to [[Ngurah Rai International Airport|Denpasar]] but were cancelled during the pandemic.