Australia is a huge country and most of its cities are too far away from each other to be easily reached by road, or at least not before long hours (and sometimes days) driving across open territories. Sine train networks are developed only in few places, air travel is the most common mean of transportation in the continent-country down under.

The airfares usually offered in Australia are affordable and it is very common to find great deals even during peak season, sporting events or high demanded routes. However, the price of air transportation in Australia could be really high if you don’t get your tickets in advance.

Main cheap flights airlines in Australia

Virgin Australia

Known as one of the world’s most successful airlines, Virgin offers trips to almost everywhere in the world with its subsidiaries Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin America, Virgin Blue Holdings, and of course, Virgin Australia. Virgin is the brainchild of the successful entrepreneur and media personality Sir Richard Branson, one of the most dynamic businessmen in the world.

Virgin Australia’s philosophy is to make the journey something as interesting as the destination. Their first and business classes are famous for offering great comfort at the lowest price found in its routes, but its economy class is also very comfortable and the legroom is one of the largest (along with Air Asia) found in Cheap Airlines in the World.

The airlines’ own founder, Sir Richard Branson, usually shows up on flights for personally greeting passengers. That is something you won’t see Michael O’Leary (Ryanair CEO) doing too often.

Jetstar Airways

Jetstar Airways is a low cost airline based in the Australian city of Melbourne. It is a subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the increasing market presence of low cost airline Virgin Blue (later renamed Virgin Australia). Jetstar Airways has a vast network of domestic destinations as well as regional and international flights. The main base of this airline is in the Melbourne Airport but has strategic airports across the Australian geography.

This airline was founded back in 2003, aimed to increase presence and control of the cheap flights’ markets o the three main airports of Australia: Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Once the company started to gain notoriety, it started to expand their bases, adding other two focus airports (Darwin and Gold Coast).

Nowadays, Jetstar has become a very important air transportation company, especially among those who travel in a budget (this airline is always the first choice among Australian backpackers) in the Australasia region.

The fleet of Jetstar Airways comprises 45 aircraft, most of the Airbus A320 and A330 families.

Air Asia X

Air Asia X (long-haul subsidiary of Malay Airline Air Asia) recently announced the launch of a new direct route between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney, but this will be the fourth destination in Australia for this superb, yet cheap airline.

Just after announcing the cancellation of its routes to Europe (London – Stansted and Paris – Orly) and India (Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore), Air Asia focused all its long-haul efforts in the Australian market and in that way completes its offer to the four main destinations in Oceania from Malaysia: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Gold Coast.

Air Asia also offers a very comprehensive network of connection in Asia from a flight with origin in Australia, allowing the passengers own under to reach far destinations at low costs and great service.

How do I find the cheapest flights to Australia?

Generally, Australia faces a low rate of visitors during May and June. Therefore, the flight tickets automatically go down due to the lesser passengers boarding the flights. So, it is best to book a flight ticket to Australia in May or the month of June because it will provide customers to book flight tickets at the cheapest.

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