Places in Western Australia

Travel to Western Australia

Flying to Western Australia

There are international flights to Perth from Europe and Asia. International airlines serving Perth include Air New Zealand (NZ), British Airways (BA), Cathay Pacific (CX), Garuda Indonesia (GA), Malaysia Airlines (MH), Qantas (QF), Singapore Airlines (SQ), South Africa Airways (SA) and Thai Airways International (TG).

There are internal flights from all state capitals. Domestic carriers include Airnorth (TL) (www.airnorth.com.au), Northwest Regional Airlines (www.northwestregional.com.au), Qantas (QF) (www.qantas.com.au), Skywest (XR) (within Western Australia only) (www.skywest.com.au), Virgin Blue (DJ) (www.virginblue.com.au) and Tiger Airways (TR) (www.tigerairways.com/au).

Flight times:

From London to Perth is 20 hours.

Departure tax:

None.

Airport guides

Airport Code: PER. Location: Perth Airport is located 12km (7.5 miles) northeast of Perth. Money: There are several bureaux de change kiosks at the airport; some of which also offer travel... Read more

Travel by rail

Transwa rail service (tel: (08) 9326 2600; www.transwa.wa.gov.au) serves Western Australia. The Indian Pacific service runs from Perth to Sydney twice a week and is a three-day trip with beautiful scenery to admire as you travel.

Getting to Western Australia by boat

Port of Fremantle (www.fremantleports.com.au) serves Perth. The Fremantle Inner Harbour port is 19km (11 miles) from Perth.




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