Regional Flights
DIRECT REGIONAL FLIGHTS FROM MELBOURNE'S CITY AIRPORT
Quick check-in, affordable parking and the closest airport to the city you’ll be in the air and on your way in no time.
Two regional airlines, Sharp Airlines and Link Airways fly direct to six destinations making up more than 100 regional aircraft movements each week. Under 10 minutes away by road, you can also connect to a flight from Melbourne Airport with ease.
City trams, buses to the station and taxis are also conveniently close, find out more about our ground connections here.
COVID-19 UPDATE (current 25 January 2021)
Additional hygiene and social distancing measures are in place within Essendon Fields Airport terminal to keep staff and passengers safe. Please help stop the spread of COVID-19 by following the instructions outlined in the terminal and do not travel if you are unwell.
Regional carriers may be operating on a reduced schedule due to the impacts and restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. For the latest information on schedules and weather-related impacts always contact your airline or charter company directly.
VICTORIAN TRAVEL PERMIT SYSTEM
From 6pm on Monday 11 January, 2021, all residents and travellers wishing to enter Victoria must apply for a permit. The permit system applies to travellers from anywhere across Australia, which are to be designated green, orange or red according to their risk. This will be updated by the Chief Health Officer based on latest health advice. For more information on the Victorian Travel Permit System please click here.
Links to other state-based travel restrictions can be found via the links below:
Sharp Airlines is a vibrant regional airline servicing the southern states of Australia for leisure, business and freight customers. One of the largest operators in the world of 19 seater metroliners.
- Destinations: King Island, Flinders Island and Griffith
- 1300 556 694 sharpairlines.com.au
Established in 1972, Link Airways operates from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to regional Queensland and New South Wales, via a reliable and fuel efficient fleet of 34-passenger seat Saab 340B Plus turbo-prop aircraft.
- Destinations: Dubbo, Orange, Shellharbour (Wollongong)
- 1300 851 269 linkairways.com
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Please note airline schedules are subject to change and airlines may cancel flights at short notice.