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Flight Information
Cairns Airport (CNS) is thought of as a "small" airport, but there are a number of daily flights from Cairns to Melbourne. Six airlines offer service from Cairns to Melbourne, flying directly into Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL) and into Melbourne Avalon (AVV) through indirect routes. Cheap flights from Cairns to Melbourne can be found on Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia, and Qantas. Airlines also providing flights from Cairns to Melbourne include Emirates, Jetstar, and Air New Zealand. Flights with non-stop Cairns to Melbourne routes are provided by Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia, Qantas, and Jetstar. All these airlines also offer flights with at least one stop. If you have some flexibility in your schedule, you might be able to find cheap flights from Cairns to Melbourne.
Cairns Airport advises travellers to arrive at least two hours before a flight. This will give you plenty of time to grab a snack or do some shopping in the domestic terminal. It’s one of the two terminals at Cairns, with the international terminal being the other. Check out La Porchetta, Hungry Jacks, Trib's Cafe, and Great Northern Brewery for food and drinks in the departure lounge area of the airport.
You can pick up merchandise or travel necessities at one of the stores or duty-free shops. The Travel Store, World of Chocolate, Tech 2 Go, and JR Duty Free are all here. The great majority of flights from Cairns to Melbourne fly into Melbourne Airport (MEL), the second busiest airport in Australia. Melbourne Avalon (AVV) is where the other flights land.
What to Expect Upon Arrival in Melbourne
When arriving into Melbourne Tullamarine, flights come into Terminal 4. If you need to find a car hire, rental car companies are located on the ground floor of the car parks for Terminal 1, 2, and 3. Taxis are available at the ground floor level outside of all terminals. Skybus express bus service to and from Melbourne runs every 10 minutes around the clock all year long, including public holidays.
Public buses also operate from the transport hub in the Terminal 4 car park. Everything is in one big building at Avalon. There are a number of car hire companies on-site. SkyBus also services this airport for the nearly 36-mile trip into the centre of Melbourne. Also available are taxis or Uber.
Weather and Time Zone in Melbourne
The weather in Melbourne can be very warm and dry in the summer, exceeding 30 degrees Celsius whereas Cairns sees quite a bit of rain between December and February. Spring weather in Melbourne is especially tough to predict, from September to November, when temperatures average about 15 degrees Celsius, but the weather can shift suddenly from sunny to rainy.
Temperatures are warmer in Cairns during the same time of year. There will be no jet lag when you travel from Cairns to Melbourne. The two cities are in the same time zone except for daylight savings time, from October through March. At that time, Melbourne is one hour ahead of Cairns.
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