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Melbourne (MEL) Airport

Melbourne MEL Airport Overview

Melbourne Airport MEL is located 23 km from the city center of Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria, which is situated in the very south-eastern part of Australia. It is accessible via CityLink and the Tullamarine Freeway. Among the four airports in the geater Melbourne metropolitan area, it is the only international airport, and is also Australia’s second-busiest airport and a hub for Qantas & Virgin Blue. Skytrax has given Melbourne Airport four stars. With two runways and over 24.7 million passengers a year, Melbourne Airport is served by a host of national and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all parts of the globe.
Note: International travelers need to arrive at the airport three hours prior to scheduled flight; domestic travelers need only be there one hour before departure.
For the convenience of the weary traveler, three types of hotels are located right at the airport: the Hilton Melbourne Airport Hotel (across from the terminal complex), The Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport and the Hotel Formule 1.
Melbourne Airport has four passenger terminals (T1 – T4):  the international T2, the domestic T1 & T3, and the budget / domestic terminal T4, with all but the small Terminal 4 being under one roof and connected to each other inside. Services and amenities offered at these terminals include shops, duty-free shops, food & drink establishments, Travelex currency exchange (in T2 & T3), ATM machines, wireless internet access, showers, first-aid stations, and a golf club:
Terminal 1 of Melbourne Airport, has three levels and is used for domestic flights of Qantas, Qantas Link & Jetstar, has Concourse 1, gates 1-12 and Concourse 2, gates 21-30.

Terminal 2 of Melbourne Airport, has two levels and is used for international flights of a multitude of international airlines, with Concourses A, gates 1-12; and Concourse B, gates 79-83: 
T2 is under significant renovation & expansion and its first stage thereof added the new passenger concourse with two gates and dual-level aerobridges for the A380 aircraft. Stage 2 will create a new large area to the passenger lounge to include duty-free & specialty shops and a café. Expected to be completed by late 2011, T2 will have floor-to-ceiling windows and offer maximum comfort and amenities.  
Terminal 3 of Melbourne Airport, has three levels and is used for domestic flights of Virgin Blue and Rex, with Pier A, gates 1-10 and Pier B, gates 11-14:.
Terminal 4 of Melbourne Airport, has only one level and is used for domestic flights of Tiger Airways, with gates 1, 2 & 3.

Parking options at Melbourne Airport: All of the five carparks are open 27/4. Covered parking is available in the short-term, multi-level long-term, business and express carparks. The Long-term parking lot is outdoors.  The Short-Term carpark has rental car offices on the ground floor.
To get from the Airport to your destination, you can rent a car (rental agency information desks are in the domestic terminals and rental car offices are on the ground floor of the short-term carpark), take a taxi, or a bus:
(a) The Skybus Super Shuttle to the Southern Cross Station (central business district of Melbourne) takes about 20 minutes. From there, you can access the V Line regional train, as well as the Metro surburban trains, Yarra Trams and interstate train & bus services.
(b) BusRoute 478 runs between the Airport and Moonee Ponds Junction; Bus Route 479 route Moonee Ponds to Sunbury stops at the Airport; and a new service, the Yellow Orbital SmartBus runs from Melbourne Arirport to Frankston via Gladstone Park, Roxburgh Park, Epping, Greensborough, Doncaster, Blackburn, Ringwood & Dandenong. (The proposed rail link has reently been rejected.)

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