this is a new segment where i give you guides to airports i will seperately be doing airline guides as well.
location melbourne victoria australia not florida thats a different airport.
open date 1970
terminals
1 – is the qantas domestic terminal used by qantas and qantas link has two piers gates 1-12 which is the main qantas domestic pier for their capital city services like sydney brisbane adeliade perth while gates 21-30 is more qantas link with their dash 8 services to tasmania mildura and regional nsw and sa.
2 – is the international terminal handles all overseas airlines plus qantas international (see the destination section for the list but no longer will have a380 flights. virgin australias international flights use this terminal for nadi nz and bali flights and all over seas airlines with gates 9 11 16 18 and 20 can handle a380s which emirates singapore airlines (maybe) and sometimes qantas use on their routes. the only domestic flights are tag alongs like qatars adeliade-melbourne-doha service (might have been replaced by canberra as the starting point).
3 – is the virgin terminal now only gates 1-10 as the rest are now in terminal 4 is the virgin domestic terminal so youll only get virgin 737s at these gates.
4 – is gates 11-52 (count starts from terminal 3) is a low cost terminal although virgin use a few gates at least they ussed to 11-14 was in terminal 3 until the mid 2010s. rex use gate 30 for their regional operations while gates 40 and up are jetstars gates moved from terminal 1 a while ago.
hotels – there is the parkroyal opposite the terminals highly recomended but expensive above the car park. there is also a holiday inn (haven’t stayed at for yeras so can’t comment on).
lounges – qantas have lounges in termainals 1 and 2. virgin have one in terminal 3 rex in terminal 4. the international terminal terminal 2 has a qantas, emirates, singapore airlines and air new zelland and cathay. currently used to have a united club (and they closed it when they started flying non-stop to la which is weird) and a etihad lounge has closed.
destinations and air craft types not a full list if i can if i’ll give you info on scheudle.
air china – bejing
air india – delhi 787
air new zelland – auckland christurchurch queenstown welington a320 family
air asia x – kuala lumper a330
asina – seoul seasonal
batik air malaysia – kuala lumper via denpessar i think 737
bejing capital airlines -hangzhou, qingdao
british airways – heathrow via kl 2027 launch 787 used to fly heathrow via singapore on a 777 or 747 but was axed in 2006.
cathay pacific – hong kong a330 or a350 used to be 3x daily unsure current frequency was a330 in 2009-2011. also freight.
cebu pacific – manila a330?
china airlines – taipei a350?
china eastern – nanjing, shanghai
china southern – guanzhou a350 i think multi daily
delta airlines – la a350 daily recent route.
emirates – dubai a380 (2x daily) 777 (1x daily) apat from the current war they flew via singapore till 2025 on one flight (777 mostly) and continued on to auckland (till the mid 2010s a380) or christchurch (stopped between 2005 and 2008) they also stoppped in kuala lumper (a340 for a few years). they used a340-500s while they had them on the non-stop and kl stop flights.
etihad – abu dhabi 787 1 or 2 daily war effected used to be a340s.
fji airlines – nadi 737 2 daily? main type they have used in the past.
fin air helsinki via bangkok a350? daily from 2027.
garuda – depensar, jarkata a330
hainan – haikou
hong kong airlines – hong kong
indonesia air asia – denepsar
japan airlines – tokyo-narita daily 787
jetstar – domestic adeladie, ayers rock, balina, busselton, brisbane, cairns, canberra, darwin, gold coast, harvey bay, hobart, lauceston, newacstle, perth, proserpine, sydney, townsvile a320 family.
international -auckland, christchurch, queenstown a320 family. bangkok, columbo (from 2027) denespar, singapore phuket,. 787. nadi not sure.
junyeao air – shanghai
latam – santiago 787 recently relaunched.
link airways – dubbo, orange, wollongong saab 340.
malaysia airlines – kuala lumper a350/a330 not sure. used to be 777.
maldivan – male coming 2027 charter.
philapine airlines – manila used to be a340.
qantas – domestic alice springs gold coast sunshine coast broome (seasonal) all captial cities 737s except some perth a330s.
international – auckland, christchurch, welington, queenstown 737. la, dallas, 787. singapore, tokyo, hong kong, jarkata denepessar a330. they used to fly 747s largely on the london flight via singapore or hong kong (stopped in 2012-13) and la routes (both direct and via auckland which stopped in the early 2010s). 767s were common until the 2010s on domestic routes.a380s occasionaly appear on the la route and singapore at peak times.
qantas link – regional routes no longer albury or wagga. newacstle coffs harbour and hamilton island get embraer 190s or a220s the rest are dash 8s to regional cities.
qatar airways – doha 2x daily 777 i think war effeceted was first aussie route in 2009.
rex – regional routes saab 340 stopped albury in 2021. mildura, tasmania and nsw routes. jets were trialed in 2021 but stopped.
royal brunei – bandar sai bergan 787.
scott – multi daily singapore 787.
sinchuan airlines – chendgu
singapore airlines – singapore (4x daily i think) a350. used to be 777s and a380s which may still be used as well as 747s when they had them and was once of last routes for it until 2012.
sri lanken – columbo a330.
thai – bangkok a350 (2x daily i think)
turkish instanbull via singapore 787s i think,
united la san fransisco 787. used to be 747s when they had them via sydney.
vietjet – hoci minh.
vietnam airlines – hanoi hochi minh 787.
virgin australia – captial cities 737 ayers rock, cairns, gold coast, hamitlon island launceston, newcastle. international nadi, nz 737 as well as a doha 777 on loan for qatar they used to serve la with thier own 777s.
xuamen air – xiamen 787,
personal experiences – have used this airport a lot the food in the inetrnational terminal waas a big issue for years but a bit better now.
next time – brisbane.
the airline review will be up shortly.
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